Handel v. Powell

How courts have described this case

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• noting that OCGA § 21-2-5 (e) mirrors the Administrative Procedure Act with respect to superior court review of agency decision and applying the same standard of review
• pre-election challenge to a candidate’s qualifications to run for the Georgia Public Service Commission
• statute must be construed to give sensible and intelligent effect to all of its provisions and to refrain from an interpretation that renders any part meaningless
• statute must be construed to give sensible and intelligent effect to all of its provisions and to refrain from an interpretation that renders any part meaningless
• courts must construe a statute to give sensible and intelligent effect to all of its provisions and to refrain from any interpretation that renders any part of the statute meaningless
• “While judicial deference is afforded an agency’s interpretation of statutes it is charged with enforcing or administering, the agency’s interpretation is not binding on the courts, which have the ultimate authority to construe statutes.”

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