What is the test of statutory construction and what is the duty of a court to give effect to every clause and word of a statute?
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The following excerpt is from Craft v. Campbell Soup Co., 161 F.3d 1199 (9th Cir. 1998):
The "cardinal principal of statutory construction" instructs that a court has a "duty to give effect, if possible, to every clause and word of a statute." Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154, 173, 117 S.Ct. 1154, 137 L.Ed.2d
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