Higgins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing rule of statutory construction that statutes must be read as a whole and sections which are part of the same general statutory scheme must be construed together and each given effect, if it can be done by any reasonable construction
• statutes in apparent conflict should, if reasonably possible, be construed so as to allow both to stand and to give effect to each
• in construing a statute’s language, the statute must be read as a whole and sections which are part of the same general statutory law must be construed together
• statutes pertaining to the same subject matter must be harmonized if at all possible
• “In construing statutory language, the statute must be read as a whole, and sections which are part of the same general statutory law must be construed together and each one given effect, if it can be done by any reasonable construction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• TNS Mills, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Revenue
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-07-13· cited 137×
• State v. Morgan
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-12-09· cited 62×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. South Carolina Second Injury Fund
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-02-22· cited 57×
• Ray Bell Construction Co. v. School District
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-05-18· cited 49×
• State v. Dupree
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-06-30· cited 37×
• State v. Black
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-08-07· cited 35×
• Georgia-Carolina Bail Bonds, Inc. v. County of Aiken
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2003-04-07· cited 30×
• Hinton v. South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2004-01-12· cited 27×
• Adoptive Parents v. Biological Parents
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-06-20· cited 25×
• Meyer v. Paschal
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-03-23· cited 21×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2007-07-18· cited 17×
• Seckinger v. Vessel, Excalibur
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-03-03· cited 16×
• South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2008-10-23· cited 16×
• Eagle Container Co. Ex Rel. Estate of Spotts v. County of Newberry
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2005-10-31· cited 16×
• State v. Prince
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-04-26· cited 13×
• Hudson ex rel. Hudson v. Lancaster Convalescent Center
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-01-08· cited 13×
• State v. Benjamin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-04-07· cited 12×
• In Interest of Doe
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-06-12· cited 9×
• Creech v. N.D.T. Industries, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1993-03-05· cited 8×
• National Advertising Co. v. Mount Pleasant Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-01-24· cited 7×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• High v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 22×
• Smalls v. Weed
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1987-08-24· cited 18×
• Chris J. Yahnis Coastal, Inc. v. Stroh Brewery Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-04-04· cited 10×