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· 5/18/1983

Heisse v. State

Citations

  • 460 A.2d 444
  • 143 Vt. 87

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “[t]he most elemental rule of statutory construction is that the plain meaning . . . controls” and if “ambiguity does not appear, then the statute is not construed but rather is enforced in accordance with its express terms”
  • “If confusion or ambiguity does not appear, then [a] statute is not construed but rather is enforced in accordance with its express terms”
  • “If confusion or ambiguity does not appear, then [a] statute is not construed but rather is enforced in accordance with its express terms.”
  • “The most elemental rule of statutory construction is that the plain meaning of the statute controls,” and absent ambiguity or confusion, “the statute is not construed but rather is enforced in accordance with its express terms.”

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Judges: Barney, Billings, Hill, Underwood, Daley

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