Niles v. Iowa District Court for Polk County

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• holding courts are obliged to consider a challenged statute in its entirety and in pari materia with other pertinent statutes
• explaining that in interpreting statutes, specific terms (such as “irrational, illogical, or wholly unjustified”) control general terms (such as “appropriate deference” (citing Burton v. Unir, of Iowa Hosps. & Clinics, 566 N.W.2d 182, 189 (Iowa 1997
• explaining that in interpreting statutes, specific terms (such as “irrational, illogical, or wholly unjustified”) control general terms (such as “appropriate deference” (citing Burton v. Univ. of Iowa Hosps. & Clinics, 566 N.W.2d 182, 189 (Iowa 1997

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