Legal Opinion
United States v. Lauderdale Cnty.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2019No. 17-60805PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a question of statutory interpretation. The question is whether the phrase "officials or employees of any governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of juvenile justice," as it is used in 34 U.S.C. § 12601(a), includes the judges of a county youth court. Holding that it does not, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
I
As this is a question of statutory interpretation, we begin with the text of the statute. In 1994, Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.1 Relevant to this case are the…
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