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Exercise: Plain Meaning and Beyond
In the exercises below, please interpret the statute using plain meaning as well as the purpose of the statute as evident from its text. You may arrive at a more literal interpretation and a contrary, more commonsense one. See if you can defend both.
For those interpretations that go beyond plain meaning, what other principles might you articulate to defend your interpretation?
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