Devin v. City of Hollywood

How courts have described this case

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

• uncertainty as to legislative intent should be resolved by interpretation which best accords with public benefits
• error for trial court to rely on expert testimony to determine the meaning of terms which were questions of law to be decided by the trial court
• “We also hold that the trial court erred in relying upon expert testimony to determine the meaning of terms which were questions of law to be decided by the trial court.”
• statutory construction is a question of law to be decided by the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).