Diamond v. Swick

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• recognizing that, when interpreting a statute, a court should consider multiple legislative provisions as a whole
• noting that a statute should be read to give all of its parts their literal meanings
• noting that a statute should be read to give all of its parts their literal meanings
• observing that \[this court's] business does not include filling in alleged legislative omissions based on conjecture as to what the legislature would or should have done\ (internal quotations omitted)
• observing that \[this court's] business does not include filling in alleged legislative omissions based on conjecture as to what the legislature would or should have done\ (internal quotations omitted)
• explaining that, in interpreting a statute, multiple legislative provisions should be viewed together and other words and phrases used in the statute and its separate subsections may be considered in determining the meaning and purpose of the statute

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