Smith v. Linn County

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• noting that the allocation of the cost of medical treatment between the prisoner and the responsible governmental entity is a matter of state law
• in determining intent of legislature, court considers “the object sought to be attained, the circumstances under which the statute was enacted, the common law or former statutory provisions, and the consequences of a particular construction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).