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Show government and with the public, =* and administrative conduct other than correspondence.£/ Conduct by affected parties has also been relied upon in the construction of the Constitution and of statutes.^/ Of even greater significance is congressional construction which has been relied upon by affected parties over an extended period.-^/ United States v. Louisiana, 363 U.S. 1, 26 n.38, 62 n.105, 63 n.107 (I960); Shenandoah Life Ins. Co. v. Jordan, 128 P. Supp. 274, 277-78 (D.D.C. 1954). United States v. Louisiana, 363 U.S. 1, 60 n.103, 61 n.104 (i960); PCC v. American Broadcasting Co., 347 U.S. 284, 294-95 (1954); ICC v. New York, N.H. & H.R.R., 287 U.S. 178, 190 (1932); United States v. Hill, 120 U.S. 169, 182 (1887); United States v. Moore, 95 U.S. 76O, 763 (1878); Edwards1 Lessee v. Darby, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 206, 210 (1827). Cf^ United States v. Atlantic Refining Co., 36O U.S. 19, 22-23 (1959). <* Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1884); United States v. State Bank of N.C., 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 29, 39-40 (1832); Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat.) 264, 418, 420-21 (1821); Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. (1 Wheat.) 304, 351-52 (1816); Stuart v. Laird, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 299, 309 (1803); United States v. Ahtanum Irr. Dist., 23d F.2d 321, 331 n.12 (9th Cir. 1956), cert, denied, 352 U.S. 988 (1957); De Castro v. Board of Comm'rs of San Juan, 136 P.2d 419, 424-25 (1st Cir. 19^3) aff'd, 322 U.S. 451 (1944); United States v. Farrar, 38 F.2d 515, 517 (D. Mass. 1930). See also Union Pac. R.R. v. Anderson, 167 Ore. 687, 120 P.2d 578, 587 (1941). See pt. III-C-5 infra. 111-10 |