Holy Trinity Church v. United States

Holding that although the Alien Contract Labor Act made it a crime to contract with or encourage any alien to migrate to the United States "to perform labor or service of any kind," a cleric who emigrated from England to serve as a pastor of a New York church and thus technically fell within the letter of the Act, was exempt from the Act's reach because of the absurd results that would follow from giving such broad meaning to words of the statute

United States v. Dickerson

Holding that Congress suspended operation of statute by restricting use of appropriated funds

Harrison v. Northern Trust Co.

Limiting the amount of the federal estate tax deduction for charitable residuary bequest to amounts actually passing to the charitable beneficiaries after provision for taxes under § 303 of the Revenue Act of 1926

Helvering v. N.Y. Trust Co.

In Helvering v. New York Trust Co., 292 U.S. 455, 468, 54 S.Ct. 806, 78 L.Ed. 1361, the Court held that Revenue Rulings do not commit the Department to any interpretation of the law, and referred to the cautionary notice published in every Cumulative Bulletin containing the Rulings.

Ozawa v. United States

In Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178, 194, we said "It is the duty of this Court to give effect to the intent of Congress. Primarily this intent is ascertained by giving the words their natural significance, but if this leads to an unreasonable result plainly at variance with the policy of the legislation as a whole, we must examine the matter further.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Holding that the legislative power to prescribe a uniform rule of naturalization reaches to the bestowal of United States citizenship upon foreigners and upon foreign-born children of United States citizens alike

Corona Co. v. United States

Finding that it lacked jurisdiction over an appeal from a Court of Claims decision where the plaintiff filed suit in a district court prior to filing the appeal

Weedin v. Bow

Considering Acts of 1790, 1795 and 1798

Fook v. White

In Chung Fook v. White, 264 U.S. 443, 44 S. Ct. 361, 68 L. Ed. 781, the wife of a native-born citizen of the United States sought admission, but was detained on the ground that she was an alien afflicted with a dangerous contagious disease. It was contended that, notwithstanding that fact, she was entitled to admission under that provision of section 22 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (Comp.

Section 601 to 605 - Repealed