Pretzer v. Motor Vehicle Board

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “neither legislative ratification nor judicial deference to an administrative interpretation can work a contradiction of plain statutory language”
• holding that “neither legislative ratification nor judicial deference to an administrative interpretation can work a contradiction of plain statutory language”
• ”[N]either legislative ratification nor judicial deference to an administrative interpretation can work a contradiction of plain statutory language.”
• rejecting external factors in applying plain language of statute
• “We are mindful of the rule that ‘[a] reviewing court is not bound by the reasons given by an agency in its order, provided there is a valid basis for the action taken by the agency.’” (quoting Texas Health Facilities Comm’n, 665 S.W.2d at 452-53)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).