Board of Educ., Garrett Co. v. Lendo

How courts have described this case

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

• quoting, with favor, the amicus brief filed in that case by the Maryland State Teachers Association, Inc; [emphasis in brief]
• stating the courts presume the Legislature is aware of the existing law concerning the subject matter of a new law under consideration
• ‘‘Absent a clear indication to the contrary, a statute, if reasonably possible, is to be read so that no word, clause, sentence, or phrase is rendered surplusage, superfluous, meaningless or nugatory.”
• “The General Assembly is presumed to have had, and acted with respect to, full knowledge and information as to prior and existing law and legislation on the subject of the statute and the policy of the prior law.”
• “The General Assembly is presumed to have had, and acted with respect to, full knowledge and information as to prior and existing law and legislation on the subject of the statute and the policy of the prior law.”
• “The General Assembly is presumed to have had, and acted with respect to, full knowledge and information as to prior and existing law and legislation on the subject of the statute and the policy of the prior law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).