The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is not an adequate discharge of duty for courts to say: We see what you are driving at, but you have not said it, and therefore we shall go on as before.


Johnson v. United States, 163 F. 30 (1st Cir. 1908) (Justice Holmes sitting by designation as a judge of the First Circuit)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is...

The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is...

The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is...

The major premise of the conclusion expressed in a statute, the change of policy that induces the enactment, may not be set out in terms, but it is...