Terry H. Hancock v. Sherry Hancock

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• concluding that a statute was unambiguous and therefore concluding that there was no need to decide whether an agency’s interpretation was owed deference
• concluding that a statute was unambiguous and therefore concluding that there was no need to decide whether an agency's interpretation was owed deference
• holding that the “word maximum most naturally connotes the greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case”
• holding that, although Congress has delegated “ ‘significant discretion in formulating guidelines’ ” to the Commission, the Commission still “must bow to the specific directives of Congress”
• holding that if a Guidelines provision “is at odds with [a statutory directive’s] plain language, it must give way”
• holding that if a Guidelines provision “is at odds with [a statutory directive’s] plain language, it must give way”

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