What is the test for giving effect to every word of a statute?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Bernier, 954 F.2d 818 (2nd Cir. 1992):
Indeed, courts must give effect to every word of a statute where possible. See Bowsher v. Merck & Co., 460 U.S. 824, 833, 103 S.Ct. 1587, 1593, 75 L.Ed.2d 580
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