Ramsey v. Woods

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that Legislature’s rejection of statutory amendment is not indicative of its intent and such “inference is based on speculation, not on sound principles of construction”
• stating that Legislature’s rejection of statutory amendment is not indicative of its intent and such “inference is based on speculation, not on sound principles of construction”
• reaffirming principle that statutes which overlap should be construed, where possible, to harmonize their provisions in order to effectuate legislative intent and avoid absurd results
• reaffirming principle that statutes which overlap should be construed, where possible, to harmonize their provisions in order to effectuate legislative intent and avoid absurd results
• “statutes relating to the same subject matter should be construed together and read in pari materia, if at all possible”
• “[Statutes relating to the same subject matter should be construed together and read in pari materia, if at all possible.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).