Barnhart v. Thomas, No. 02-763.

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtScalia
Citation540 U.S. 20
Decision Date12 November 2003
Docket NumberNo. 02-763.
PartiesBARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. THOMAS
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3571 practice notes
  • New Hampshire Lottery Comm'n v. Rosen, No. 19-1835
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (1st Circuit)
    • January 20, 2021
    ...immediately follows.’ " Lockhart v. United States, ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S. Ct. 958, 962, 194 L.Ed.2d 48 (2016) (quoting Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003) ); see also Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts 144 (......
  • United States v. White, Criminal Action No. 93-97 (BAH)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • August 6, 2019
    ...Grecian Magnesite Mining, Indus. & Shipping Co., SA v. Comm'r of IRS , 926 F.3d 819, 824 (D.C. Cir. 2019) ; see also Barnhart v. Thomas , 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003) (applying "the grammatical ‘rule of the last antecedent,’ according to which a limiting clause or ......
  • Hux v. Astrue, Civil Action No. 11 - 1306
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. Western District of Pennsylvania
    • August 27, 2012
    ...jobs existing in significant numbers in the national economy. §§ 404.1520(f), 404.1560(c), 416.920(f), 416.960(c).Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 24-25, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003)(footnotes omitted). Factual findings pertaining to all steps of the sequential evaluation process a......
  • Paroline v. United States, No. 12–8561.
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • April 23, 2014
    ...clause or phrase ... should ordinarily be read as modifying only the noun or phrase that it immediately follows." Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003). But that rule is "not an absolute and can assuredly be overcome by other indicia of meaning." Ibid. T......
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3551 cases
  • New Hampshire Lottery Comm'n v. Rosen, No. 19-1835
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (1st Circuit)
    • January 20, 2021
    ...immediately follows.’ " Lockhart v. United States, ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S. Ct. 958, 962, 194 L.Ed.2d 48 (2016) (quoting Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003) ); see also Antonin Scalia & Bryan A. Garner, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts 144 (......
  • Decker v. Nw. Envtl. Def. Ctr., Nos. 11–338
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • March 20, 2013
    ...clause or phrase ... should ordinarily be read as modifying only the noun or phrase that it immediately follows.” Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003). If a statute provides that “it shall be unlawful to possess a grenade launcher, a fully-automatic wea......
  • United States v. White, Criminal Action No. 93-97 (BAH)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. United States District Court (Columbia)
    • August 6, 2019
    ...Grecian Magnesite Mining, Indus. & Shipping Co., SA v. Comm'r of IRS , 926 F.3d 819, 824 (D.C. Cir. 2019) ; see also Barnhart v. Thomas , 540 U.S. 20, 26, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003) (applying "the grammatical ‘rule of the last antecedent,’ according to which a limiting clause or ......
  • Hux v. Astrue, Civil Action No. 11 - 1306
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. Western District of Pennsylvania
    • August 27, 2012
    ...jobs existing in significant numbers in the national economy. §§ 404.1520(f), 404.1560(c), 416.920(f), 416.960(c).Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 24-25, 124 S.Ct. 376, 157 L.Ed.2d 333 (2003)(footnotes omitted). Factual findings pertaining to all steps of the sequential evaluation process a......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Is Administrative Summary Judgment Unlawful?
    • United States
    • Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Vol. 44 Nbr. 1, January 2021
    • January 1, 2021
    ...a substitute for a summary judgment motion."). (85.) Lockhart v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 958, 962 (2016) (quoting Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26 (2003)); see also id. at 963 ("This Court has applied the rule from our earliest decisions to our more (86.) 5 U.S.C. [section] 706 (2018).......
  • Here, There, and Everywhere: Defining the Boundaries of the 'Schoolhouse Gate' in the Era of Virtual Learning.
    • United States
    • Federal Communications Law Journal Vol. 75 Nbr. 1, January 2023
    • January 1, 2023
    ...ex rel. Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038, 2047 (2021). (157.) See Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482-83 (1965). (158.) Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 24-25 (159.) See infra Table A. (160.) See infra Table B. (161.) See infra Table C. (162.) Wisniewski v. Bd. of Educ. of Weedsport Cent. Sch. ......
  • DICTIONARY DIVING IN THE COURTS: A SHAKY GRAB FOR ORDINARY MEANING.
    • United States
    • Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, June 2022
    • June 22, 2022
    ...236, at 72-78 (discussing various kinds of extratextual information that ordinary readers treat as relevant to interpretive tasks). (246.) 540 U.S. 20 (2003). For an extended discussion of the last-antecedent canon, see Joseph Kimble, The Doctrine of the Last Antecedent, the Example in Barn......
  • BREAKING UP VIA ROBOCALL: WILL THE SUPREME COURT'S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY DISMANTLE PROTECTIONS UNDER THE TCPA?
    • United States
    • The Journal of High Technology Law Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, January 2022
    • January 1, 2022
    ...antecedent rule 'is "not an absolute and can assuredly be overcome by other indicia of meaning."'" Id. at 572 (quoting Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 26 (2003)). Contra Gadelhak, 950 F.3d at 468 (proposing that the language of the statute is paramount when interpreting its (121) See Ryder......

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