...to provide meaningful guidance to consumers in *° This Court has frequently relied on the principle that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church v. United States,...

...judicious application of traditional legal canons of statutory construction may signify that an instrument "may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers."5 1 Marine Bank v. Weaver, 455 US 551,...

...seaman claimed unpaid wages did not occur during a voyage and was the result of an oral contract. 1 "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the STEVENS, J., dissenting 458 US Qualifying language in 46 USC...

...way when its application would result in an absurd outcome contrary to the clear intent of Congress: It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. ... If a literal construction of the...

...is the ultimate touchstone" of the pre-emption inquiry, Malone v. White Motor Corp., 435 US, at 504 however, we must examine the PDA's language against...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.'" Steelworkers v. Weber, 443 US 193,201...

...absurd result." Yankee Network v. Federal Communications Commission, 107 F. 2d 212, 219 (DC Cir. 1939). "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor the intention of its makers," Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143...

...desired 93 Act of Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 1, 23 Stat. 332. 394 143 US. at 458. 997 143 US at 459-62. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." Id. at 459. For a brief discussion of...

...desired 95 Act of Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 1, 23 Stat. 332. 396 143 US. at 458. 397 143 US at 459-62. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet aot within the statute, because not within its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." Id....

...American soil— we cannot do so in light of strikingly clear legislative history to the contrary. "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Church of the Holy Trinity v. United...

...to the legislative history was necessary. Justice Marshall, writing for the Court, insisted that it "examine the PDA's language against the background...of its legislative history and historical context." 62 The legislative history did not make explicit that Congress meant to prohibit the states from enacting...