What is the state of the law on statutory ambiguity?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Disabled Action Metropolitan v. Hammons, 202 F.3d 110 (2nd Cir. 1999):
The plainness or ambiguity of statutory language is determined by reference to the language itself, the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole.
Robinson v. Shell Oil Co., 519 U.S. 337, 340 (1997) (internal quotation marks omitted).
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