Barnett v. Durant Community School District

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• stating that an intent to change the law is more likely when the original statute \`was subject to very serious doubt'\ and was \`changed in only minor details'\ by a subsequent amendment (citation omitted)
• stating that an intent to change the law is more likely when the original statute “ Vas subject to very serious doubt’ ” and was “ ‘changed in only minor details’” by a subsequent amendment (citation omitted)
• looking to statutes “existing at the time [the] plaintiffs entered their . . . contracts”
• “Whenever it appears legislation may have been passed simply for the purpose of removing doubt from previous acts, the courts should give effect to that purpose.” (citing Slutts v. Dana, 115 N.W. 1115, 1118 (Iowa 1908))
• reimbursement of tuition for approved graduate studies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).