City of Lansing v. Township of Lansing

How courts have described this case

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

• “The mere fact a statute appears impolitic or unwise is not sufficient for judicial construction but is a matter for the legislature.”
• “The mere fact a statute appears impolitic or unwise is not sufficient for judicial construction but is a matter for the legislature.”
• “It is to be presumed that language has been employed with sufficient precision to convey [the intent], and unless examination demonstrates that the presumption does not hold good in the particular case, nothing will remain except to enforce it.”
• “It is to be presumed that language has been employed with sufficient precision to convey [the intent], and unless examination demonstrates that the presumption does not hold good in the particular case, nothing will remain except to enforce it.”
• “ ‘The duty of the Court is to interpret the statute as we find it. The wisdom of the provision in question in the form in which it was enacted is a matter of legislative responsibility with which courts may not interfere’ ”
• \`The duty of the Court is to interpret the statute as we find it. The wisdom of the provision in question in the form in which it was enacted is a matter of legislative responsibility with which courts may not interfere.'\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).