Blackwell v. Bell's Food Market, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that courts must read a statute “as a whole so that no word, clause, sentence or phrase is rendered surplusage, superfluous, meaningless or nugatory”
• “When the plain language of a statute is ‘subject to more than one reasonable interpretation,’ the statutory language is ambiguous.”
• “If the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, we need not look beyond the statute’s provisions and our analysis ends.” (Cleaned up)
• “The law favors seemingly a presumption that voters will inform themselves fully of all accessible information before making a decision.”
• “When an issue involves an interpretation and application of Maryland constitutional, statutory, or case law, an appellate court must determine whether the trial court’s conclusions are legally correct under a de novo standard of review.”
• “When an issue involves an interpretation and application of Maryland constitutional, statutory, or case law, an appellate court must determine whether the trial court’s conclusions are legally correct under a de novo standard of review.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).