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· 5/14/1981

Jenkins v. Bellingham Municipal Court

Citations

  • 627 P.2d 1316
  • 95 Wash. 2d 574
  • 1981 Wash. LEXIS 1014

How courts have described this case

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

  • arrests under municipal ordinance for driving under the influence of intoxicants invalid where ordinance did not make driving under the influence a crime
  • arrests under municipal ordinance for driving under the influence of intoxicants invalid where ordinance did not make driving under the influence a crime
  • “This court cannot read into a statute that which it may believe the legislature has omitted, be it an intentional or an inadvertent omission.”
  • ‘‘if a statute is repealed by a subsequent enactment and the subsequent enactment is declared unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality renders the repealing act invalid’’ and preexisting law is revived

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Judges: Rosellini

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