· 3/16/2011
Hope School District v. Wilson
Citations
- 382 S.W.3d 782
- 2011 Ark. App. 219
- 2011 Ark. App. LEXIS 233
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We may look beyond the plain language of [the statute] — and resort to extrinsic aids ... — only if the statute is ambiguous.”
- “We may look beyond the plain language of [the statute] — and resort to extrinsic aids ... — only if the statute is ambiguous.”
- “the legislature’s use of different terms [in different statutory provisions] is presumed to be intentional and for a particular purpose” (cleaned up)
- we will not insert terms the legislature omitted under the guise of statutory construction
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Gladwin, Martin, Vaught
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