Maryland Division of Labor & Industry v. Triangle General Contractors, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the addition of certain language to be substantive despite numerous legislative references to changes occurring in a re-codification as being purely stylistic
• explaining that “[w]here statutory provisions are ‘clear and unambiguous and express a plain meaning, we will give effect to the statute as it is written.’ ”
• deciding case under the plain meaning rule
• “[W]hen a statutory provision is entirely clear, with no ambiguity whatsoever, administrative constructions, no matter how well entrenched, are not given weight.”
• “When the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, ... we normally do not look 'beyond the words of the statute itself to determine legislative intent.’ ”
• “When the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, ... we normally do not look ‘beyond the words of the statute itself to determine legislative intent.’ ”

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