Dawson v. Townsend & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that when a statute is ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations, courts need to understand the possible effects in order not to interpret the statute in such a way as to cause absurd results
• holding that when a statute is ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations, courts need to understand the possible effects in order not to interpret the statute in such a way as to cause absurd results

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Petersen v. Magna Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2009-07-31· cited 81×
• Eckman v. Moore
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-03-25· cited 57×
• Fleming v. Floyd
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-11-29· cited 15×
• Hall v. Jackson County Department of Human Services
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-01-19· cited 13×
• Fleming v. Floyd
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-10-03· cited 9×
• Hancock Bank v. Ensenat
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-12-18· cited 8×
• Brown v. North Jackson Nissan, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-09-30· cited 6×
• Amerihost Development, Inc. v. Bromanco, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-04-15
• Weathersby Chevrolet Company, Inc. v. Redd Pest Control Company, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-18
• Walter W. Eckman v. Linda Michelle Moore
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-03-04
• Elizabeth M. Fleming v. Brandy M. Thomas Floyd
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-12-06
• Charles Richard Robb v. Denise A. McLaughlin
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2023-09-26

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lyle v. Mladinich
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 186×
• Turner v. Jordan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-12-29· cited 170×
• Grisham v. JOHN Q. LONG VFW POST, NO. 4057, INC.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-01-06· cited 127×
• Whitehead v. Food Max of Mississippi, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-12-16· cited 121×
• Crain v. Cleveland Lodge 1532, Order of Moose, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-08-11· cited 116×
• Clark v. State Ex Rel. Miss. State Med. Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-03-26· cited 99×
• Estate of Hunter v. General Motors Corp.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-14· cited 87×
• LITTLE BY LITTLE v. Bell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 87×
• Veazey v. Elmwood Plantation Associates, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1995-03-24· cited 85×
• Shields v. Easterling
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-06-20· cited 57×
• Garner v. Hickman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-14· cited 55×
• State Ex Rel. Richardson v. Edgeworth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-09-30· cited 46×
• Knox Glass Bottle Co. v. Underwood
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1956-10-08· cited 30×
• Samuels v. Mladineo
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-07-29· cited 18×
• Kellum v. Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-10-29· cited 13×
• Crum v. Brock
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1924-11-17· cited 9×
• Kent v. Howard
  S.D. California· 1992-08-24· cited 5×