Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/31/2002

Commonwealth v. Packer

Citations

798 A.2d 192
568 Pa. 481
32 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20765
2002 Pa. LEXIS 1143

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observing that only when the language of the statute is ambiguous does statutory construction under 1 Pa.C.S.1921(c) become necessary
observing that only when the language of the statute is ambiguous does statutory construction under 1 Pa.C.S.1921(c) become necessary
observing that only when the language of the statute is ambiguous does statutory construction under 1 Pa.C.S. § 1921(c) become necessary
observing that only when the language of the statute is ambiguous does statutory construction under 1 Pa.C.S.1921(c) become necessary
providing that, “courts should generally apply qualifying words or phrases to the words immediately preceding them”
observing “the well established cannon of construction that courts should generally apply qualifying words or phrases to the words immediately preceding them”

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Former

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