Case Law Analysis: McBoyle v. United States 283 U.S. 25 (1931)

The ‘McBoyle v. United States’ case from 1931 is regarded as a formative ruling. It highlights the significance of following the ‘plain sense of legislative language’ and avoiding undue broad interpretations that can have unexpected implications. ‘The National Motor Vehicle Theft Act’ forbids the interstate transfer of stolen vehicles, and the core issue in the case was, whether an aircraft might be classified as a “motor vehicle” under the aforementioned statute.