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White v. United States, 191 U.S. 545 (1903)
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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.
White v. United States, 191 U.S. 545 (1903)
White v. United States No. 76 Argued November 11-12, 1903 Decided December 21, 1903 191 U.S. 545
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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Retrospective legislation is not favored. Unless the intention that a law is to have a retrospective operation is clearly evidenced in the law and its purposes, the Court will presume that it was enacted for the future, and not for the past.
The provisions of the Navy Personnel Act of March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1004, as to crediting officers appointed from civil life with five years’ service on the date of appointment for the purpose of computing their pay apply to the pay of officers theretofore appointed from the commencement of the then next fiscal year, when the act, by its terms, went into operation, and such provisions do not apply to readjusting compensation for any period prior thereto, thereby giving increased pay to officers who had reached maximum pay before the passage of the act.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," White v. United States, 191 U.S. 545 (1903) in 191 U.S. 545 191 U.S. 548. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HSL6W9Y2VHG4P9X.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." White v. United States, 191 U.S. 545 (1903), in 191 U.S. 545, page 191 U.S. 548. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HSL6W9Y2VHG4P9X.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in White v. United States, 191 U.S. 545 (1903). cited in 1903, 191 U.S. 545, pp.191 U.S. 548. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HSL6W9Y2VHG4P9X.
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