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· 12/18/1989

Mitchell v. University of Montana

Citations

  • 783 P.2d 1337
  • 240 Mont. 261
  • 1989 Mont. LEXIS 338

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that use of the words “includes, but is not limited to” in a statute would nullify expressio unius
  • applying the canon to the statutory definition of “local government units”
  • \includes\ construed as exclusive using the expressio unius est exclusio alterius maxim of statutory construction and as consistent with the practice of narrowly construing government immunity statutes generally

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Judges: McDonough, Turnage, Harrison, Hunt, Sheehy, Weber, Barz

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