Carolina Power & Light Co. v. Town of Pageland

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• holding that when a statute's terms are clear and unambiguous on their face, there is no room for statutory construction and a court must apply the statute according to its literal meaning
• holding that when a statute’s terms are clear and unambiguous on their face, there is no room for statutory construction and a court must apply the statute according to its literal meaning
• \The cardinal rule in determining whether a statute will have prospective or retroactive application is that the intent of the legislature controls.\
• “[T]he intent of the [Legislature in adopting the annexation exception was to permit co-ops to continue to serve existing customers and not require ouster of a co-op due solely to a city’s annexation.”

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