diff --git a/partiql-logical/src/lib.rs b/partiql-logical/src/lib.rs
index c8deaab0..c99046d2 100644
--- a/partiql-logical/src/lib.rs
+++ b/partiql-logical/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ use partiql_common::catalog::ObjectId;
 /// assert_eq!(3, p.operators().len());
 /// assert_eq!(2, p.flows().len());
 /// ```
-use partiql_value::BindingsName;
 use rust_decimal::Decimal as RustDecimal;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
 
+use partiql_value::BindingsName;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ pub enum Lit {
     Bag(Vec<Lit>),
     List(Vec<Lit>),
 }
-
 // TODO we should replace this enum with some identifier that can be looked up in a symtab/funcregistry?
 /// Represents logical plan's unary operators.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/partiql-value/src/bindings.rs b/partiql-value/src/bindings.rs
index ede44318..3f6b6e37 100644
--- a/partiql-value/src/bindings.rs
+++ b/partiql-value/src/bindings.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::{PairsIntoIter, PairsIter, Value};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::iter::Once;
+use unicase::UniCase;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Hash, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
@@ -11,6 +12,38 @@ pub enum BindingsName<'s> {
     CaseInsensitive(Cow<'s, str>),
 }
 
+impl<'s> BindingsName<'s> {
+    pub fn matcher(&'s self) -> BindingsMatcher<'s> {
+        BindingsMatcher::from(self)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Hash, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum BindingsMatcher<'s> {
+    CaseSensitive(&'s str),
+    CaseInsensitive(UniCase<&'s str>),
+}
+
+impl<'s> BindingsMatcher<'s> {
+    pub fn matches(&'s self, candidate: &str) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            BindingsMatcher::CaseSensitive(target) => *target == candidate,
+            BindingsMatcher::CaseInsensitive(target) => *target == UniCase::new(candidate),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'s> From<&'s BindingsName<'s>> for BindingsMatcher<'s> {
+    fn from(name: &'s BindingsName<'_>) -> Self {
+        match name {
+            BindingsName::CaseSensitive(s) => BindingsMatcher::CaseSensitive(s.as_ref()),
+            BindingsName::CaseInsensitive(s) => {
+                BindingsMatcher::CaseInsensitive(UniCase::new(s.as_ref()))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum BindingIter<'a> {
     Tuple(PairsIter<'a>),
diff --git a/partiql-value/src/tuple.rs b/partiql-value/src/tuple.rs
index 9559eb10..337784be 100644
--- a/partiql-value/src/tuple.rs
+++ b/partiql-value/src/tuple.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::iter::{zip, Zip};
 use std::vec;
 
-use unicase::UniCase;
-
 use crate::sort::NullSortedValue;
 use crate::{BindingsName, EqualityValue, NullableEq, Value};
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
@@ -79,15 +77,8 @@ impl Tuple {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     fn find_value(&self, attr: &BindingsName<'_>) -> Option<usize> {
-        match attr {
-            BindingsName::CaseSensitive(s) => {
-                self.attrs.iter().position(|a| a.as_str() == s.as_ref())
-            }
-            BindingsName::CaseInsensitive(s) => {
-                let target = UniCase::new(&s);
-                self.attrs.iter().position(|a| target == UniCase::new(a))
-            }
-        }
+        let matcher = attr.matcher();
+        self.attrs.iter().position(|a| matcher.matches(a))
     }
 
     #[inline]