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Supreme Court of Florida· 12/11/2000

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

Citations

  • 772 So. 2d 1273
  • 2000 WL 1804707

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “[c]ourts should construe statutes to give effect to all provisions, and not to render any part meaningless”
  • explaining that “when two statutes are in conflict, the more recently enacted statute controls the older statute”
  • “Florida courts generally will defer to an agency’s interpretation of statutes and rules the agency is charged with implementing and enforcing.”
  • “[W]hen two statutes are in conflict, the more recently enacted statute controls the older statute.”
  • “[C]ourts are without power to diverge from the intent of the Legislature as expressed in the plain language of the [statute].”
  • “[W]here two statutory provisions are in conflict, the specific statute controls the general statute.”

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