Slocum v. Department of Social Welfare

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting agency interpretation of its own regulation where its interpretation “has proven to be something less than illuminating” and “markedly incomplete”
• stating the “presumption that all language in a statute or regulation is inserted for a purpose”
• when ambiguity renders plain meaning rule unavailing, court may turn to other aids of statutory construction
• when ambiguity renders plain meaning rule unavailing, court may turn to other aids of statutory construction
• “all language in a statute... is inserted for a purpose,” and we must “strive where possible to give effect to every word, clause, and sentence”
• Court presumes all language in statute is purposeful

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).