Commonwealth v. McBride

How courts have described this case

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

• \A basic rule in statutory interpretation is that the `plain meaning' of the statute controls.\
• “The plain meaning of the statute controls.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Seeger v. Lanham
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Love
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-03-24· cited 38×
• Pete v. Anderson
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 37×
• Brewer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-09-24· cited 10×
• K.M.J. v. Cabinet for Health & Family Services
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-11-04· cited 8×
• Appalachian Racing, LLC v. Family Trust Foundation of Kentucky, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-02-20· cited 7×
• Raines v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-01-27· cited 4×
• Marshall v. Marshall
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2018-09-07· cited 4×
• Blackwell v. Blackwell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-07-13· cited 2×
• Sharon Lanham v. Harry L. Seeger
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2018-03-22
• Marvin Mays v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2026-05-15

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Smith v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-05· cited 1,492×
• Lambert v. California
  Supreme Court· 1958-01-27· cited 895×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-08-23· cited 93×
• West v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-10-06· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Plowman
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-09-26· cited 80×
• United States v. J.T. Haun
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-07-19· cited 75×
• Wheeler & Clevenger Oil Co. v. Washburn
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-02-19· cited 55×
• Hyatt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 51×
• Liquor Outlet, LLC v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-07-30· cited 30×
• Peterson v. Shake
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-09-18· cited 30×
• Executive Branch Ethics Commission v. Stephens
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 28×
• Palmer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1999-10-01· cited 23×