Collins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to accept an interpretation of a statute that would lead to an absurd result
• “Statutes must be given a sensible construction which accomplishes the legislative intent behind them and which avoids absurd results.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System v. Bentley
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-05-02· cited 37×
• LaBombard v. Samaritan Health System
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-08-06· cited 37×
• Davis v. Cessna Aircraft Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-09-20· cited 31×
• Murphy v. Board of Medical Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-07-15· cited 22×
• State v. Flynt
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-11-30· cited 15×
• Parkinson v. Guadalupe Public Safety Retirement Local Board
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-01-30· cited 11×
• American Family Mutual Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-02-27· cited 9×
• Bolser Enterprises, Inc. v. Arizona Registrar of Contractors
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-07-25· cited 9×
• State v. Burgett
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-12-22· cited 4×
• State v. Furlong
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2020-08-20· cited 2×
• AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. v. Continental Cas.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2001-02-27
• State of Arizona v. Bianca Burgett
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-12-21
• Starr v. Az Bof
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2021-08-05
• Mountainside v. Flagstaff
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2022-06-30
• Kester v. CitiMortgage, Inc.
  D. Arizona· 2016-03-31
• Brady v. ades/esa Tax Unit
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2023-06-01

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1974-05-06· cited 104×
• Gary Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Sun Lodge, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-09-01· cited 53×
• Herzberg v. David
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-07-20· cited 26×
• Arizona Management Corp. v. Kallof
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-09-04· cited 24×
• Transamerica Financial Corp. v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1988-06-21· cited 20×
• State Ex Rel. Flournoy v. Mangum
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1976-04-21· cited 19×
• State Ex Rel. Dandoy v. City of Phoenix
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-06-08· cited 15×
• Matter of Estate of Levine
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-01-04· cited 14×
• Oliver v. Arizona Department of Racing
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-05-28· cited 7×