Those words open First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David Barron’s opinion on a labor dispute between a dairy company and its delivery drivers. The ruling from the First Circuit Court of Appeals, in favor of the drivers, hinged on the omission of an Oxford comma, also known as the “serial” comma, the “final comma in a list of things,” as Grammarly’s blog explains.
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