De More by De More v. Dieters

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• holding that rules of statutory construction are to be used only when the terms of the statute are ambiguous
• applying both statutory and common law principles of construction in ascertaining meaning of Iowa Code § 123.47
• construing section 123.47 liberally to accomplish the statutory objective of protecting underage persons “from the evils of alcohol”
• rejecting the argument that the active “verbs ‘sell,’ ‘give,’ and ‘supply’” in Iowa Code section 123.47 could encompass the passive acts of allowing or permitting a minor access to alcoholic beverages
• “[L]egislative intent is to be gleaned from the statute as a whole, not from a particular part only.”
• facts did not show \supplying\ to minor

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