Almont Shipping Co. v. Ruffin

How later courts describe this case

• "The commerce clause power ... is broad enough to extend [federal] jurisdiction to local waters which may provide habitat to migratory birds and endangered species."
• We do not enforce the plain language of a statute only when “a literal interpretation would lead to an absurd result or thwart the purpose of the overall statutory scheme”
• “[Sjpecific language will not be controlled by general language when the general language is not even explicit.”