What is the test for interpreting the meaning of a statute as a whole?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Campbell, 3 BR 57 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1980):
It seems to me however that a statute must be read as a whole together with the objects and policies behind its enactment. Kokoszka v. Belford, 417 U.S. 642, 650, 94 S.Ct. 2431, 41 L.Ed.2d 374 (1973). It is also a cardinal rule of construction that a statute should not be construed to reach absurd results.
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