Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.
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barnhart-v-peabody-coal-co-258-17672151
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Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.
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Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., 537 U.S. 149 (2003), was a Supreme Court of the United States case. The case was to determine if a law instructing a government agent "shall" perform an action by a given date was intended as a 'spur to action' or a limit on whether the agent could act after the date. In this case the court held the agent could still act even after the date.
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2003 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnhart_v._Peabody_Coal_Co.
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2023-09-13T01:48:47Z
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