Halverson, Paul D. v. Slater, Rodney E.

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• holding that the Secretary may only delegate the powers and duties of the office to a natural person, not to an \administration\ or entity other than a natural person
• holding that the Secretary may only delegate the powers and duties of the office to a natural per- son, not to an \administration\ or entity other than a natural person
• providing that courts must read statutes to give effect to each and avoid interpretations that render other provisions meaningless or futile
• requiring courts to read statutes “to give effect to each” because “Congress cannot be presumed to do a futile thing”
• examining the explicit language of one section of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act to determine Congress’s intent with respect to another section of the same act
• examining the explicit language of one section of the Great Lakes Pilotage Act to determine Congress’s intent with respect to another section of the same act

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