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· 7/8/1998

Bausch & Lomb, Incorporated v. United States

Citations

  • 148 F.3d 1363
  • 20 I.T.R.D. (BNA) 1321
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 15175
  • 1998 WL 381444

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • addressing the differences be- tween an HTSUS sub-heading and TSUS item and stating that “[w]e can safely assume that Congress changed the language for a reason”
  • discussing the canon of construction expressio unius est exclusio alterius — “the expression of one is the exclusion of others” — when a phrase starts with the word “including”
  • characterizing the first step as “construing] the relevant (competing) classification headings”
  • characterizing the first step as “constru[ing] the relevant (competing) classification headings”
  • \A change in the language of a statute is generally construed to import a change in meaning. . . .\
  • “[A] change in the language of a statute is generally construed to import a change in meaning”

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Judges: Michel, Plager, Lourie

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