Chandler-McPhail v. Duffey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the last antecedent rule applies only “in the absence of a contrary intention”
• as a canon of statutory construction, referential and qualifying words and phrases refer to the clause immediately preceding them unless there is a contrary intention
• absent a contrary intention, the last antecedent rule dictates that referential and qualifying words and phrases refer exclusively to the clause immediately preceding them
• finding “structure” relevant to assessing third-party beneficiary status

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

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• Stoesz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-06-18· cited 3×
• Paquet v. Smith
  D. Colorado· 2012-02-21· cited 3×
• Fuel Automation v. Energera
  Tenth Circuit· 2024-10-21· cited 2×
• v. Governor's Office of Information Technology
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2020-05-21· cited 1×
• Summit Bank & Trust v. American Modern Home Insurance
  D. Colorado· 2014-10-09· cited 1×
• Connecticut Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Drown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-10-21

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Everett v. Dickinson & Co., Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1996-04-18· cited 336×
• Harwig v. Downey
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2002-09-12· cited 328×
• White v. County of Sacramento
  California Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 194×
• Tripp v. Swoap
  California Supreme Court· 1976-08-03· cited 139×
• Allen v. Pacheco
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2003-06-09· cited 85×
• City & County of Denver v. District Court Ex Rel. City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1997-06-30· cited 79×
• Barrand, Inc. v. Whataburger, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-12-29· cited 75×
• Jefferson County School District No. R-1 v. Shorey
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-03-10· cited 59×
• Stewman Ranch, Inc. v. Double M. Ranch, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2006-06-29· cited 51×
• Chase v. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION, INC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-12-17· cited 47×
• Estate of David v. Snelson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-07-17· cited 44×
• ACS Systems, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-01-29· cited 34×
• People v. McPherson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1980-08-25· cited 28×
• Wohl v. Swinney
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2008-05-20· cited 28×
• Bloom v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-05-06· cited 27×
• Albright v. McDermond
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-11-14· cited 26×
• Roberts v. Adams
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-12-20· cited 26×
• Parker v. Center for Creative Leadership
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-11-09· cited 25×
• Gullett v. Van Dyke Construction Co.
  Montana Supreme Court· 2005-04-26· cited 18×
• Winter Park Real Estate & Investments, Inc. v. Anderson
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-04-05· cited 14×