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· 2/23/1979

United States v. Adrian Wilson

Citations

  • 591 F.2d 546
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 16700

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that it would be improper to construe inconclusive legislative history so as to apply a statute in a manner inconsistent with its clear and unambiguous meaning
  • “any official” could not be restricted to “any federal official” where Congress left the statutory language unqualified

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Judges: Browning, Carter, Curtis

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