IVY

v.

UNITED STATES; AND GARLINGTON V. UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Cruz, 805 F.2d 1464 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …be invoked until a court “seizpng] everything from which aid can be derived, ... [is] left with an ambiguous statute.” United States v. Noe, 634 F. 2d 860, 862 (5th Cir.1981)10 (quoting Bass, 404 U.S. at 347, 92 S.Ct. at 522), cert. [*1474] denied, 454 U.S. 876, 102 S.Ct. 355, 70 L.Ed.2d 186 (1981). In the instant case, we deal with exactly such a situation. There is no evident statutory purpose. Cf. Busic v. United States, 446 U.S. 398, 100 S.Ct. 1747, 64 L.Ed.2d 381 (1980) (finding ambiguity in pre-1984…
• United States v. Hill, 863 F.2d 1575 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …L.Ed.2d 333 (1975). Indeed, the doctrine of lenity should not be invoked until a court “seizpng] everything from which aid can be derived, ... [is] left with an ambiguous statute.” United States v. Noe, 634 F. 2d 860, 862 (5th Cir.)7, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 876, 102 S.Ct. 355, 70 L.Ed.2d 186 (1981) (quoting United States v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 347, 92 S.Ct. 515, 522, 30 L.Ed.2d 488 (1971)). United States v. Cruz, 805 F. 2d 1464, 1465-66 (11th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1006, 107 S.Ct. 1631, 95 L.Ed…
• Mills v. United States, 713 F.2d 1249 (7th Cir. 1983)
  …t turn to the legislative history of the Act. “When faced with two possible interpretations of a statute, it is appropriate for a court to rely on the legislative history of the statute.” United States v. Noe, 634 F. 2d 860 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 876, 102 S.Ct. 355, 70 L.Ed.2d 186 (1981). The statutory language authorizing judicial councils to adjust the hourly rates payable under the Criminal Justice Act was added to the Act by the House Committee on the Judiciary. Generally, committee reports…