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United States v. Dickerson, 310 U.S. 554 (1940)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Dickerson, 310 U.S. 554 (1940)
United States v. Dickerson No. 705 Argued April 26, 1940 Decided May 27, 1940 310 U.S. 554
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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1. A proviso appended to an appropriation in § 402 of Public Resolution 122, June 21, 1938, declared "no part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, shall be available for the payment" of any enlistment allowance for "reenlistments made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, notwithstanding applicable portions of sections 9 and 10" of the basic military pay act of June 10, 1922.
Held, in view of its legislative history, that the effect of the proviso was not merely to restrict the funds available, but to suspend the right to reenlistment allowances during the fiscal year specified. P. 555.
2. There should be a considered weighing of every relevant aid to construction in determining the meaning of an Act of Congress. P. 562.
89 Ct.Cls. 520 reversed.
Certiorari, 309 U.S. 647, to review a judgment sustaining the claim of a soldier for a reenlistment allowance.
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