People v. M.T.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting parties' construction of a statute that would \frustrate both the intent and the spirit of the legislation\
• rejecting parties’ construction of a statute that would “frustrate both the intent and the spirit of the legislation”
• rejecting parties’ construction of a statute that would “frustrate -7- both the intent and the spirit of the legislation”
• “[S]o long as there exists a situation in which a statute could be validly applied, a facial challenge must fail.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
• “Whenever possible, each word [of a statute] should be construed to avoid rendering it superfluous.”
• “[S]o long as there exists a situation in which a statute could be validly applied, a facial challenge must fail.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).