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· 3/26/1997

In Re William Winston Waugh, Debtor. William Winston Waugh v. Internal Revenue Service

Citations

  • 109 F.3d 489
  • 37 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1421
  • 79 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1604
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 5547
  • 1997 WL 135626

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  • observing that legislative history made clear that the court’s “plain meaning” reading of terms found not to be ambiguous was correct
  • finding statutory term “claim” unambiguous, but observing that, even if the term in question was ambiguous, the legislative history made clear that the appropriate interpretation was as the court had found from the plain meaning of the statute
  • ambiguity must be determined from context

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Judges: Beam, Floyd, Gibson, Wollman

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