Bank of America v. Stine

How courts have described this case

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• holding that when the statute to be interpreted is part of a larger statutory scheme relating to the same subject matter, the statutes must be read together, and harmonized to the extent possible
• holding that when the statute to be interpreted is part of a larger statutory scheme relating to the same subject matter, the statutes must be read together, and harmonized to the extent possible
• in deciding between competing constructions of a statute, we prefer the construction that avoids raising a constitutional issue
• “[T'Jhis Court will prefer an interpretation [of a statute] that allows us to avoid reaching a constitutional question”
• State statutes should be construed to avoid federal preemption concerns where possible
• State statutes should be construed to avoid federal preemption concerns where possible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).