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Tag: statutory interpretation

Missing Oxford Comma Costs Dairy Business Millions

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Ellen Horne

In O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy, the First Circuit overruled a lower court and held that a group of drivers for a dairy company were collectively owed millions of dollars in overtime pay, all over a missing Oxford comma.1 In a list of three or more items—for example, bacon, egg, and cheese—the Oxford comma is the…

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