FIELD ET AL.
v.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

U.S. | 1961-06-12
No. 934
366 U.S. 949 Supreme Court of the United States (1961) Caution
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  • Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Local 282, 428 F.2d 994 (2d Cir. 1970)
    …gate immediately did not compromise the effectiveness of the later reservation. See Local 36, International Chemical Workers Union (Virginia-Carolina Chem. Corp.), [*1004] 126 N.L.R.B. 905, 910 (1960), enf. 47 L.R.R.M. 2493 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 366 U.S. 949, 81 S.Ct. 1901, 6 L.Ed.2d 1243 (1961). The union argues that the Youngdahl gate was in fact used by Hofstra students and employees, so that the gate was reserved only in name and not in fact. To support this contention, the union relies on the test…
  • …legally unenforceable. It is certainly true that in interpreting contracts, the interpreter should avoid that view which will violate the law. See Perry Coal Co. v. NLRB, 284 F. 2d 910, 914 (7th Cir. 1960), mod. denied, 291 F. 2d 126, cert. denied, 366 U.S. 949, 81 S.Ct. 1903, 6 L.Ed.2d 1242 (1961). However, in this case there is neither an ambiguity sufficient to bring into play this rule of construction nor is there a determination by the Board that the Unions’ view which we accept here is contrary to p…
  • …e reasonable alternative urged by the carriers. It is also settled that contracts and other written instruments will be construed to avoid a possible violation of law. Perry Coal Co. v. N. L. R. B., 284 F. 2d 910, 914 (7th Cir. 1960), cert. denied, 366 U.S. 949, 81 S.Ct. 1903, 6 L.Ed.2d 1242 (1961). Thus a tariff should receive a construction which produces charges that are legal, in prefer [*333] ence to one which would produce illegal rates. Great No. Ry. v. Delmar Co., 283 U.S. 686, 691, 51 S.Ct. 579, 7…

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