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· 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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