· 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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