People v. Coe

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a forklift is not a motor vehicle because it is a piece of industrial construction equipment
• “When determining the common, ordinary meaning of a word or phrase, consulting a dictionary is appropriate.”
• “[A] modifying or restrictive word or clause contained in a statute is confined solely to the immediately preceding clause or last antecedent, unless something in the statute requires a different interpretation.”
• referring to the “last antecedent” rule of statutory interpretation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).