Weaver v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County

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• declining to look at legislative history in light of the plain language of Section 546(e)
• rejecting the dissent’s argument that a narrower definition of settlement payment was warranted to avoid its application to prepay ment of ordinary loans
• noting “matter of statutory construction” is “question of law we review de novo”
• determining that redemption payments were settlement payments
• “Under the ‘rule of the last antecedent, ... a limiting clause or phrase ... should ordinarily be read as modifying only the noun or phrase that it immediately follows.’ ” (alterations in original
• declining to address legislative history and bankruptcy policy arguments

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