DeKalb County LP Gas Co., Inc. v. Suburban Gas, Inc.

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• holding that the Court should not attempt to determine \legislative intent\ unless the Court \can draw no rational conclusion from a straightforward application of the terms of the statute\
• holding that to look beyond the words of a statute to say what the law should be rather than what the law is would be inconsistent with the doctrine of separation of powers
• explaining that the separation-of-powers doctrine requires a court to use the plain-meaning rule in construing a statute and that \only if there is no rational way to interpret the words as stated will [a court] look beyond those words to determine legislative intent\
• explaining that the separation-of-powers doctrine requires a court to use the plain-meaning rule in construing a statute and that \only if there is no rational way to interpret the words as stated will [a court] look beyond those words to determine legislative intent\
• explaining that the separation-of-powers doctrine requires a court to use the plain-meaning rule in construing a statute and that `only if there is no rational way to interpret the words as stated will [a court] look beyond those words to determine legislative intent'
• explaining that the separation-of-powers doctrine requires a court to use the plain-meaning rule in construing a statute and that `only if there is no rational way to interpret the words as stated will [a court] look beyond those words to determine legislative intent'

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