· 6/6/1978
Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases
Citations
- 436 U.S. 631
- 98 S. Ct. 2053
- 56 L. Ed. 2d 591
- 1978 U.S. LEXIS 1
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an absurd result militates against a proposed statutory interpretation
- holding that an absurd result militates against a proposed statutory interpretation
- holding that an absurd result militates against a proposed statutory interpretation
- holding that an absurd result militates against a proposed statutory interpretation
- noting that a court may not disregard the statute’s plain language unless a literal application of the statutory language “would lead to absurd results ... or would thwart the obvious purpose of the statute”
- involving preliminary questions of ICC's authority to set Initial rates for the Trans Alaska pipeline
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Judges: Brennan, Powell
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