Spradlin v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that statutory language should not be construed in a manner rendering words useless or a nullity
• stating that an entire statute is presumed to be effective and no words should be read as useless or a nullity
• stating that we must give effect to all words of a statute and not treat any statutory language as surplusage if possible
• stating that courts rely on the constitution's literal text and construe its words as they are generally understood
• stating that presuming the constitutional language is carefully selected, its words must be construed as they are generally understood
• stating thatpresumingthe constitutional language is carefully selected, its words must be construed as they are generally understood

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).