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Johnson v. Gibson

Citations

  • 358 Or. 624
  • 369 P.3d 1151
  • 2016 Ore. LEXIS 129

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  • explaining that the maxim noscitur a sociis “tells us that the meaning of an unclear word may be clarified by the meaning of other words used in the same context”
  • explaining the noscitur a sociis textual canon, whereby the meaning of an unclear word may be clarified by other words in context
  • explaining noscitur a sociis textual canon, whereby the meaning of an unclear word may be clarified by other words in context
  • presuming that legislature was aware of existing case law
  • applying the noscitur a sociis canon of construction, under which \the meaning of an unclear word may be clarified by the meaning of other words used in the same context\
  • presuming that legislature was aware of existing case law

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Judges: Balmer, Kistler, Walters, Landau, Baldwin, Brewer, Nakamoto

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