F.B.C. Stores, Inc. v. Duncan

How courts have described this case

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

• \In construing a statute to ascertain legislative intent courts presume that the legislature never intends application of the statute to work irrational consequences.\
• \courts [should] presume that the legislature never intends application of the statute to work irrational consequences\
• “In construing a statute to ascertain legislative intent courts presume that the legislature never intends application of the statute to work irrational consequences.”
• \The function of punitive or exemplary damages is to punish the defendant for malicious conduct or to display to others an example of the consequences they may expect if they engage in similar conduct.\
• “Unless the evidence leaves no room for reasonable fnen to disagree, [probable cause] will be a question, of fact properly within the province of the jury.”
• “The function of punitive or exemplary damages is to punish the defendant for malicious conduct or to display to others an example of the consequences they may expect if they engage in similar conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).