Brentmar v. Jackson County

How courts have described this case

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• determining major contributing cause involves evaluating the relative contribution of different causes of an injury or disease and deciding which is the primary cause
• use of passive voice in land use statute created ambiguity as to who was authorized to act
• statutes using the phrase “may be established” did not specify which actors could establish an exclusive farm use zone
• use of passive voice in land use statute created ambiguity as to who was authorized to act
• phrase \may be established\ did not specify the actor that could establish an Exclusive Farm Use zone \because the statute uses the passive voice of the key verb `establish'\
• phrase “may be established” did not specify the actor that could establish an Exclusive Farm Use zone “because the statute uses the passive voice of the key verb ‘establish’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).