Miller v. Lockett

How courts have described this case

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• noting that when this court has interpreted a statute, that interpretation is considered as part of the statute itself unless and until the legislature amends it contrary to the interpretation
• noting that when this court has interpreted a statute, that interpretation is considered as part of the statute itself unless and until the legislature amends it contrary to the interpretation
• noting that when this court has interpreted a statute, that interpretation is considered as part of the statute itself unless and until the legislature amends it contrary to the interpretation
• finding decisions recognizing plaintiffs residence as relevant in determining choice of law persuasive as to validity of borrowing statute exception in favor of resident injured outside state
• “Where the legislature chooses not to amend a statute after a judicial construction, it will be presumed that it has acquiesced in the court’s statement of the legislative intent”
• “Where the legislature chooses not to amend a statute after a judicial construction, it will be presumed that it has acquiesced in the court’s statement of the legislative intent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).