Diebold v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• Statutes ordinarily must not be read in a manner that leaves any portion meaningless or superfluous.
• courts “‘must not interpret a statute in any way that renders any portion meaningless or superfluous’” (quoting Jongeward v. BNSF Ry. Co., 174 Wn.2d 586, 601, 278 P. 3d 157 (2012
• courts “‘must not interpret a statute in any way that renders any portion meaningless or superfluous’” (quoting Jongeward v. BNSF Ry. Co., 174 Wn.2d 586, 601, 278 P. 3d 157 (2012))
• “[Fare enforcement officers] do not exercise all powers police officers have. In essence, they can check riders to verify valid tickets exist and eject passengers who have not paid. Anything more and the [fare enforcement officer] summons the police.”
• individual words should not be read in isolation
• individual words should not be read in isolation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).