Sendzischew v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a statute should not be interpreted to thwart its purpose
• \[z]oning is concerned with the use of property and not primarily with its ownership\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• adopting “an interpretation [which] does not involve inserting a word that the legislature did not include but rather advancing the legislative intent by interpreting the meaning of what it did say”
• adopting \an interpretation [which] does not involve inserting a word that the legislature did not include but rather advancing the legislative intent by interpreting the meaning of what it did say\
• rejecting the standard of review that it must substantially advance legitimate state interests.
• “ ‘the application ... of common sense to the statutory language is not to be excluded’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).