Double M Construction, Inc. v. State Corp. Commission

How courts have described this case

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• “Parties are bound to their stipulations, however, and a trial court or appellate court must render judgment based on those stipulated facts.”
• where statute plain and unambiguous, court need not resort to canons of construction or legislative history to construe legislature’s intent
• The KUUDPA “creates a statutory duty to the public to ensure the safety and integrity of underground utilities.”
• when statute plain and unambiguous, appellate court does not speculate as to legislative intent behind it and will not read something into the statute not readily found there
• \It is not the function of the courts to substitute their social and economic beliefs for the judgment of the legislature or to determine whether a statute is wise or necessary.\
• unlimited review when statutory construction involved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).