Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
United States Supreme Court
132 S.Ct. 1997 (2012)
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After winning summary judgment against injured plaintiff Taniguchi (plaintiff), Kan Pacific (defendant) was awarded costs for translating written Japanese documents to English under a statute allowing recovery of "compensation of interpreters" as a taxable litigation cost.
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Whether a term that is undefined in a statute must be given the ordinary meaning of the term.