Loudoun County Department of Social Services v. Etzold

How courts have described this case

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

• considering Webster’s Third New International Dictionary in defining the word “originate” as used in a statute
• turning to Webster’s New International Dictionary for the plain meaning of “originate”
• “A primary rule of statutory construction is that courts must look first to the language of the statute. If a statute is clear and unambiguous, a court will give the statute its plain meaning.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).