Waleska Velez v. Cuyahoga Metro. Housing Authority, 795 F.3d 578 (2015)

Citation: Waleska Velez v. Cuyahoga Metro. Housing Authority, 795 F.3d 578 (2015)
Parent Document: Waleska Velez v. Cuyahoga Metro. Housing Authority, 795 F.3d 578 (2015)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2015-07-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2821966/waleska-velez-v-cuyahoga-metro-... ↗

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“A fundamental canon of statutory construction is that, unless otherwise defined, words
will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning.” Perrin v. United
States, 444 U.S. 37, 42 (1979). Thus, when determining what definition was intended by
Congress, we must look to the time the statute was enacted. See Taniguchi v. Kan Pac. Saipan,
Ltd., 132 S. Ct. 1997, 2003, (2012) (drawing on dictionary definitions from time statute in
question was enacted). The Court must look to the definition of rent in 1937 to determine what
Congress meant when it enacted the statute.

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