M.D. v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]ourts should avoid interpretations that would render part of a statute meaningless.”
• “[W]hen a statute is clear and unambiguous, courts will not look behind the statute’s plain language for legislative intent, or resort to rules of statutory construction to ascertain intent insofar as this would constitute an abrogation of legislative power.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• MD v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-06-16
• Department of Revenue v. School Board of Hillsborough County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-06-10
• Ryan Wilder v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-06-15
• Kathleen Jennings, the Attorney General of the State of Delaware v. Hugh M. Durden, John S. Lord, Thomas G. Kuntz, Terri Kelly, Geoffrey M. Rogers, and Winfred L. Thornton, etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-31
• North Broward Hospital District, Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc., and Naples Community Hospital, Inc., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-11-06

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anders v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-08· cited 87,848×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-04-12· cited 88×
• Unruh v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-03-07· cited 85×
• Maddox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-01-12· cited 51×
• State v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-24· cited 47×
• Hale v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-23· cited 24×
• Curry v. Department of Corrections
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-12-20· cited 13×