A United States Court of Appeals sent the Oakhurst Dairy overtime case back to a lower court due to ambiguity caused by the lack of a serial (Oxford) comma in the Maine statute.
Sources
- A Missing Oxford Comma Just Changed the Course of a Court Case (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4374922/oconnor-v-oakhurst-dairy/ (courtlistener.com)
- https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-1st-circuit/1852572.html (caselaw.findlaw.com)
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901/pdf/USCOURTS-ca1-16-01901-0.pdf (govinfo.gov)
- https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca1/16-1901/16-1901-2017-03-13.html (law.justia.com)
- https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/08/584391391/maine-dairy-drivers-settle-overtime-case-that-hinged-on-an-absent-comma (npr.org)
- https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/dairy-drivers-oxford-comma-case-settlement-trnd (cnn.com)
- https://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/08/dairy-drivers-ot-case-made-famous-by-a-missing-comma-settled-for-5-million/ (pressherald.com)
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