Indiana Wholesale Wine & Liquor Co. v. State Ex Rel. Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if a case can be resolved on statutory grounds, judicial restraint mandates that issues of constitutionality be left unresolved
• examining both the text of the statute and statutory history in determining whether the agency's interpretation was reasonable
• examining both the text of the statute and statutory history in determining whether the agency's interpretation was reasonable
• if case can be decided on either a constitutional question or question of statutory construction, reviewing court will decide only the latter
• “On the other hand, separation of powers prevents a court from effectively rewriting a statute to save it from constitutionality infirmity.”
• “constitutional issues are to be avoided as long as there are potentially dispositive statutory or common law issues still alive”

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