Powell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that dictionary definitions may be used as sources where a statute does not define a term in question
• holding that dictionary definitions may be used as sources where a statute does not define a term in question
• holding dictionary definitions may be used as sources where statute does not define term in question
• absent an explicit statement of legislative intent to the contrary, the words in a statute must be given their plain meaning

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Florida Department of Insurance v. Blackburn (In Re Blackburn)
  M.D. Florida· 1997-05-20· cited 23×
• Sun Coast Intern. Inc. v. Dept. of Bus. Reg.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-11· cited 14×
• Crooks v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-30· cited 12×
• Barr v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-04-21· cited 9×
• NAT. FED. OF RET. PERSONS v. Dept. of Ins.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-12-08· cited 6×
• Hershkowitz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-08· cited 5×
• Sims v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-07-24· cited 5×
• Habie v. Krischer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-09-14· cited 4×
• Blow v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-14· cited 3×
• Davis Water & Waste Industries, Inc. v. Embry Development Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-18· cited 1×
• State, Department of Insurance v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-06-11· cited 1×
• Parker v. Estate of Bealer ex rel. U.S. Trust Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-11-21· cited 1×
• Roper v. City of Clearwater
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-08-23
• Crooks v. ST. FARM MUT. AUTO. INS.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-30
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  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1991-06-25
• Ago
  Florida Attorney General Reports· 1992-10-15
• State v. Brackett
  Duval County Court· 1991-06-14
• Hartley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-02-04
• State v. Vikhlyantsev
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-08-27

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• SE FISHERIES v. Dept. of Nat. Resources
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-04-26· cited 118×
• State v. Reese
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1969-05-07· cited 33×
• Gardner v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-05-31· cited 26×
• Bechtel Corp. v. Industrial Indemnity Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-11-02· cited 17×
• State v. Holden
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-07-24· cited 13×