· 1/30/1979
State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Robinson
Citations
- 251 S.E.2d 505
- 162 W. Va. 579
- 1979 W. Va. LEXIS 337
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing rule of construction that “the Legislature is presumed to intend that every word used in a statute has a specific purpose and meaning”
- recognizing rule of construction that \the Legislature is presumed to intend that every word used in a statute has a specific purpose and meaning\
- recognizing the presumption that the Legislature intends “that every word used in a statute has a specific purpose and meaning.”
- observing “that the Legislature is presumed to intend that every word used in a statute has a specific purpose and meaning”
- rejecting construction of authority that renders other provisions “redundant, superfluous and without meaning[]”
- “It is a well known rule of statutory construction that the Legislature is presumed to intend that every word used in a statute has a specific purpose and meaning.”
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