Hechtman v. Nations Title Ins. of New York

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[i]t is an elementary principle of statutory construction that significance and effect must be given to every word, phrase, sentence, and part of the statute if possible”
• upholding under rational basis test distinction between attorney and non-attorney title insurance agents
• “No part of a statute, not even a single word, should be ignored, read out of the text, or rendered meaningless, in construing the provision.”
• “No part of a statute, not even a single word, should be ignored, read out of the text, or rendered meaningless, in construing the provision.”
• “Not all title insurance transactions involve funds held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473, and if the funds are not held in trust pursuant to section 626.8473, we cannot impute liability to the insurer.”
• “It is an elementary principle of statutory construction that significance and effect must be given to every word, phrase, sentence, and part of the statute if possible, and words in a statute should not be construed as mere surplusage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).