· 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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