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· 9/8/1989

Avco Corporation, Textron Lycoming Williamsport v. United States Department of Justice

Citations

  • 884 F.2d 621
  • 280 U.S. App. D.C. 182
  • 35 Cont. Cas. Fed. 75,715
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 13618
  • 1989 WL 102330

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  • “[S]ilence in legislative history is almost invariably ambiguous. If a statute is plain in its words, the silence may simply mean that no one in Congress saw any reason to restate the obvious.”

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Judges: Silberman, Sentelle, Robinson

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