Beck v. Groe

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “remedial nature” of statute does not justify adoption of a “meaning not intended by the legislature”
• stating that a construction directive cannot be used to change a statute’s reach in the face of .unambiguous language
• stating that a construction directive cannot be used to change a statute’s reach in the face of unambiguous language
• stating that a construction directive cannot be used to change a statute’s reach in the face of unambiguous language
• noting the right to sell alcohol is merely a privilege, which the legislature may revoke at will upon violation of statutory conditions
• “The wrongful death act and the civil damage act are wholly unrelated both as to scope and purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).