Courts are apt to err by sticking too closely to the words of a law where those words import a policy that goes beyond them.


Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 469 (1928) (Holmes, J., dissenting)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Courts are apt to err by sticking too closely to the words of a law where those words import a policy that goes beyond them.

Courts are apt to err by sticking too closely to the words of a law where those words import a policy that goes beyond them.

Courts are apt to err by sticking too closely to the words of a law where those words import a policy that goes beyond them.

Courts are apt to err by sticking too closely to the words of a law where those words import a policy that goes beyond them.