The following excerpt is from Hougland, In re, 886 F.2d 1182 (9th Cir. 1989):
We agree with the former line of case authority. When normal principles of statutory construction are applied 2, the analysis of this statutory scheme is relatively simple. There are times when the quest for meaning should begin and end "with the language of the statute itself." United States v. Ron Pair Enter., 109 S.Ct. at 1030. This is one of those times.
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