Gearinger v. Lee

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that, although the word “or” can sometimes be interpreted as a “reiterative term,” it usually operates as a “disjunctive term”
• construing former OCGA § 42-8-34.1 (c), which provided that a probation violation can result from “the commission of a felony offense or the violation of a special condition”
• “where a legislative provision is phrased in the disjunctive, it must be so construed absent a clear indication that a disjunctive construction is contrary to the legislative intent”
• “The natural meaning of ‘or,’ where used as a connective, is to mark an alternative and present choice, implying an election to do one of two things.”
• “The natural meaning of ‘or,’ where used as a connective, is ‘to mark an alternative and present choice, implying an election to do one of two things.’”
• “The natural meaning of ‘or,’ where used as a connective, is to mark an alternative and present choice, implying an election to do one of two things.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).