Hines v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• assuming “the legislature was familiar with the existing state of the law” and “if the legislature sought to remedy a specific evil it would have clearly so indicated”
• assuming “the legislature was familiar with the existing state of the law” and “if the legislature sought to remedy a specific evil it would have clearly so indicated”
• “In construing statutes it is our duty to determine legislative intent; the wisdom of the legislation is not our concern.”
• \In construing statutes it is our duty to determine legislative intent; the wisdom of the legislation is not our concern.\
• “As previously indicated, we do not reach the merits of these constitutional claims. We consider 66 constitutional issues on appeal only when another question is not decisive.”
• “As previously indicated, we do not reach the merits of these constitutional claims. We consider 66 constitutional issues on appeal only when another question is not decisive.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).