· 10/16/1967
Department of Motor Vehicles v. Greyhound Corporation
Citations
- 234 A.2d 255
- 247 Md. 662
- 1967 Md. LEXIS 414
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing that a newer statute may more accurately reflect the General Assembly’s intent as the “last expression of the legislative will”
- disapproving a proposed interpretation that would “add[] to [a statute], by judicial fiat, a provision which the Legislature did not see fit to include”
- “The legislative intent is to be sought in the first instance in the words used in the statute ....”
- “By making these two items the sole exceptions, the statute is as plain as if it had listed all of the [items] not included in the exceptions.”
- “By making these two items the sole exceptions, the statute is as plain as if it had listed all of the [items] not included in the exceptions.”
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Judges: Hammond, Horney, Marbury, Oppenheimer, McWilliams, Rutledge
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