State ex rel. Dispatch Printing Co. v. Wells

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is an axiom of judicial interpretation that statutes be construed to avoid unreasonable or absurd consequences.”
• “It is an axiom of judicial interpretation that statutes be construed to avoid unreasonable * * * consequences.”
• It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that a statute should not be interpreted to yield an absurd result.
• “It is an axiom of judicial interpretation that statutes be construed to avoid unreasonable or absurd consequences.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Officer Melissa Kallstrom v. City of Columbus
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-02-12· cited 452×
• State v. Robb
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-03-01· cited 292×
• State ex rel. National Broadcasting Co. v. City of Cleveland
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-07-27· cited 208×
• Ruckman v. Cubby Drilling, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1998-02-25· cited 150×
• State ex rel. Findlay Publishing Co. v. Schroeder
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-10-02· cited 129×
• Symmes Township Board of Trustees v. Smyth
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 118×
• State ex rel. Gannett Satellite Information Network v. Shirey
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-05-14· cited 67×
• State v. Gonzales (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2016-12-23· cited 60×
• State ex rel. Findlay Publishing Co. v. Hancock County Board of Commissioners
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-10-22· cited 60×
• State v. Wells
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2001-01-31· cited 60×
• State of Hawai'i Organization of Police Officers v. Society of Professional Journalists-University of Hawai'i Chapter
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-11-15· cited 57×
• Keller v. City of Columbus
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-11-05· cited 53×
• State v. Robb
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-02-29· cited 51×
• State ex rel. Thomas v. Ohio State Univ.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-12-19· cited 40×
• Symmes Twp. Bd. of Trustees v. Smyth
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2000-01-18· cited 40×
• State ex rel. Ohio General Assembly v. Brunner
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2007-08-01· cited 39×
• Mishr v. Board of Zoning Appeals
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-08-07· cited 38×
• State ex rel. Outlet Communications, Inc. v. Lancaster Police Department
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-09-02· cited 33×
• State ex rel. Brecksville Education Ass'n v. State Employment Relations Board
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-03-01· cited 32×
• State ex rel. Rollins v. Board of Education
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-12-28· cited 30×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Canton v. Imperial Bowling Lanes, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1968-12-04· cited 54×
• Dayton Newspapers, Inc. v. City of Dayton
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-02-11· cited 51×
• State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Lesak
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-01-04· cited 20×
• State ex rel. Public Employees Retirees, Inc. v. Public Employees Retirement System
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1979-12-12· cited 12×
• State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Krouse
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1977-07-06· cited 9×