Janson v. Christensen

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that we rely on the plain language of the rule or statute if it is unambiguous
• stating that the “best and most reliable index of a statute's meaning is its language”
• stating that courts look first at the statute’s language as it is “the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning”
• expecting the statute’s own language to be “the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning”
• stating general rule that “the best and most reliable index of a statute’s meaning is its language and, when the language is clear and unequivocal, it is determinative of the statute’s construction”
• noting clear and unequivocal language of statute is “determinative of the statute’s construction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).