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· 2/22/2000

Gleaves v. Checker Cab Transit Corp., Inc.

Citations

  • 15 S.W.3d 799
  • 2000 Tenn. LEXIS 78
  • 2000 WL 198968

How courts have described this case

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

  • reasoning that “it is not for the courts to alter or amend a statute”
  • reasoning that “it is not for the courts to alter or amend a statute”
  • “[A] court ascertains a statute’s purpose from the plain and ordinary meaning of its language . . . .”
  • “The rules of statutory interpretation are used when interpreting an ordinance.”

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Judges: Birch, Anderson, Drowota, Holder, Barker

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