Miller v. Marshall County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that courts may consider dictionary definitions in giving statutory terms their ordinary meanings
• “We assume the legislature intends different meanings when it uses different terms in different portions of a statute.”
• “We must read each provision of a statute together, without according undue importance to any single provision.”
• “Each term [in a statute] is to be given effect, so that no single part is rendered insignificant or superfluous.” (Citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).