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· 3/27/2009

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Inc.

Citations

  • 561 F.3d 233
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 6410
  • 2009 WL 792468

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  • recognizing that divining congressional intent regarding preemption requires considering a law’s “structure and purpose,” underlying “object and policy,” and, where relevant, legislative history (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “[R]esort to legislative history is appropriate ‘when necessary to interpret ambiguous statutory text.”

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Judges: McKee, Smith, and Weis, Circuit Judges

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