Courts Citing Garner
Supreme Court of the United States
Cases Citing to Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
(chronological order)
1. Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
--- S.Ct. ---- 2017 WL 2407476 (June 05, 2017)
Kagan for Majority at *6
Citing § 26 Surplusage Canon (p. 174–79)
2. Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
137 S.Ct. 1562 (May 30, 2017)
Thomas for unanimous Majority (but Gorsuch took no part in op) at 1570
Citing § 24 Whole-Text Canon (p. 167)
3. TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
137 S.Ct. 1514 (May 22, 2017)
Thomas for unanimous Majority (but Gorsuch took no part in op) at 1520
Citing & quoting § 55 Presumption Against Implied Repeal (p. 331)
4. N.L.R.B. v. SW General, Inc.
137 S.Ct. 929 (March 21, 2017)
Roberts for Majority at 939
Citing & quoting § 13 Subordinating/Superordinating Canon (p. 126–27)
5. Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp.
137 S.Ct. 553 (January 18, 2017)
Sotomayor for unanimous Majority at 563
Citing & quoting § 54 Prior-Construction Canon (p. 325)
6. Luis v. U.S.
136 S.Ct. 1083 (March 30, 2016)
Thomas Concurring at 1097
Citing & quoting § 30 Predicate-Act Canon (p. 192)
136 S.Ct. 958 (March 01, 2016)
Sotomayor for Majority at 963–64
Citing & quoting § 18 Last-Antecedent Canon (p. 144)
Kagan Dissenting at 970
Citing & quoting § 19 Series-Qualifier Canon (p. 147)
Citing & quoting § 20 Nearest-Reasonable Referent Canon (p. 152)
135 S.Ct. 2551 (June 26, 2015)
Alito dissenting at 2578 and 2580
Citing & quoting § 38 Constitutional-Doubt Canon (p. 247)
9. Texas Dep’t of Housing & Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
135 S.Ct. 2507 (June 25, 2015)
Kennedy for Majority at 2520
Citing & quoting § 54 Prior-Construction Canon (p. 322)
Alito for Dissent at 2540
Citing & quoting § 54 Prior-Construction Canon (p. 324, 325)
10. Yates v. U.S.
135 S.Ct. 1074 (February 25, 2015)
Kagan in dissent at 1093
Citing § 39 Related-Statutes Canon (p. 252)
11. Dep’t of Homeland Security v. MacLean
135 S.Ct. 913 (January 21, 2015)
Sotomayor for dissent at 924
Citing & quoting § 11 Mandatory/Permissive Canon (p. 114)
12. T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, Ga.
135 S.Ct. 808 (January 14, 2015)
Sotomayor for Majority 817 n.5
Citing § 25 Presumption of Consistent Usage (p. 172–73)
135 S.Ct. 530 (December 15, 2014)
Roberts for Majority at 539
Citing Fair Reading Method in Introduction (p. 36–38)
14. Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio
134 S.Ct. 2191 (June 09, 2014)
Sotomayor in Dissent at 2220
Citing & quoting § 27 Harmonious-Reading Canon (p. 180)
133 S.Ct. 2191 (June 17, 2013)
Kennedy for Majority at 2205
Citing & quoting § 27 Harmonious-Reading Canon (p. 180)