Comcast Corp. v. Department of Revenue

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, when the legislature does not define a statutory term, courts look to the plain meaning and frequently consult dictionaries when doing so
• noting that Oregon courts look to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary to discern the meaning of undefined terms
• noting that, “if the legislature did not give the term a specialized definition, the dictionary definition reflects the meaning that the legis- lature would naturally have intended”
• explaining that we will “potentially also consider the overall statutory scheme in which a legal term appears, as well as the meaning that the term has for regulators who oversee the field”
• explaining that we will “potentially also consider the overall statutory scheme in which a legal term appears, as well as the meaning that the term has for regulators who oversee the field”
• explaining that we will “potentially also consider the overall statutory scheme in which a legal term appears, as well as the meaning that the term has for regulators who oversee the field”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).