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2018 Legal Opinions

Amicus Brief | Rimini St., Inc. v. Oracle U.S., Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc.

Brief for Scholars of Corpus Linguistics as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners, Rimini St., Inc. v. Oracle U.S., Inc.  139 S. Ct. 873 (2019) (No. 17-1625) 203 L. Ed. 2d 180

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Court Opinion | Carpenter v. United States

Carpenter v. United States
138 S.Ct. 2206, 2235, 2238-39 (2018) (Thomas, J., dissenting).


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first mention of Law & Corpus Linguistics in SCOTUS; Justice Thomas’ dissent and citation makes reference to corpus linguistic sources, including COFEA (Corpus of Founding Era American-english)

 

Court Opinion | Am. Bankers Ass’n v. NAT. CREDIT UNION ADMIN

Am. Bankers Ass’n v. NAT. CREDIT UNION ADMIN., 306 F. Supp. 3d 44 – Dist. Court, Dist. of Columbia 2018

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The Federal Credit Union Act limits membership in credit unions geographically to a “well-defined local community, neighborhood” which the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) defines. The American Bankers Association (“ABA”) challenges some of the NCUA’s definitional decisions and part of this challenge depends on the meaning of the phrase “rural district”. Dictionaries lack evidence for a specialized meaning of the phrase, but the Corpus of Historical American English (“COHA”) shows that “rural district” carried a meaning distinct from its individual words in 1934 when the Federal Credit Union Act was enacted.

Court Opinion | Fire Ins. Exch. v. Oltmanns

Fire Insurance Exchange v. Oltmanns
416 P.3d 1148, 1163 n.9 (Utah 2018) (Durham, J., concurring).

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