CASEBOOK ENTRY · TICK 36 · OCCURRENCE 1

{
  "available_tick": 31,
  "case_id": "case_091dc3d701ce78fa7a11078b",
  "construction": "S3's quota of 2 food units applies to the requested food quantity, not the ordinal intensity choice. A commons request of 4,000,000 microunits (4 food units) at tick 30 exceeds the 2-unit quota and violates S3 v1, regardless of the intensity ordinal selected or the good faith of the requesting lineage.",
  "finding": "violation",
  "matter_id": "matter_e0f02b58fdb18f69c94da957",
  "precedent_id": "precedent_303762adddf48ae4316ec137",
  "precedent_refs": [],
  "reasoning": "The subject action record shows a work_commons request of 4,000,000 microunits = 4 food units at tick 30. S3 v1 (effective tick 1) limits each lineage to 2 food units from the commons per tick, and expressly states the quota applies to the requested food quantity rather than the ordinal intensity choice, and applies to every lineage. The requested quantity of 4 units exceeds the quota by 2 units. The defense's contention that no statutory text was available to test compliance is unavailing: the law at the subject tick supplied to the Court contains S3 verbatim with operative value commons_quota_units = 2. Need, transparency, and absence of fraud are not defenses under the text as written; S3 admits no exception. Sanctions follow from S4 and are computed by the engine.",
  "ruling_tick": 30,
  "statute_id": "S3",
  "statute_version": 1
}