American Viscose Corp. v. Rothensies

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that courts generally give individual legislators’ comments little weight, as the collective body’s intent guides our construction
• “ ‘[A]n inference is a working tool, not a synonym for proof.’ ” (quoting Personnel Administrator v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256, 279 n.25 (1979))
• “[C]ourts generally give statements by individual legislators in a floor debate little weight when searching for the intent of the entire legislative body.”
• “[C]ourts generally give statements by individual legislators in a floor debate little weight when searching for the intent of the entire legislative body.”
• “[C]ourts generally give statements by individual legislators in a floor debate little weight when searching for the intent of the entire legislative body.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).