Supreme Court of Vermont· 12/10/1981
State v. Baldwin
Citations
- 438 A.2d 1135
- 140 Vt. 501
- 1981 Vt. LEXIS 634
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that rules of statutory interpretation are not laws, but tools to be used to determine the legislative intent
- stating that “rules of statutory construction are no more than aids, meaningless in themselves, developed through long years of experience for the sole purpose of assisting the interpreter in achieving [the] goal” of construing legislative intent
- stating that “rules of statutory construction are no more than aids, meaningless in themselves, developed through long years of experience for the sole purpose of assisting the interpreter in achieving [the] goal” of construing legislative intent
- eschewing “literal interpretation” of “unartfully” drafted statute and thus adopting construction that “will not leave the enactment ineffective or meaningless”
- to avoid frustrating legislative intent, statutory definitions located in separate chapter without enabling provisions will not be made inoperative by unartful legislative drafting
- “Rules of construction are not laws, hard and inflexible, which must be applied in a given situation simply because it is possible to do so.”
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Judges: Barney, Billings, Hill, Underwood, Peck
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49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Lubinsky v. Fair Haven Zoning BoardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1986-02-28· cited 120×
- Hill v. ConwaySupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-06-07· cited 62×
- Clymer v. WebsterSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-07· cited 54×
- Diversified Investment Partnership v. Department of Social & Health ServicesWashington Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 52×
- State v. HuntSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-10-21· cited 48×
- State v. BlowSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-11-01· cited 47×
- Caledonian-Record Publishing Co. v. WaltonSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-03-02· cited 46×
- State v. KerrSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-11-01· cited 42×
- State v. OliverSupreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-16· cited 34×
- State v. SenecalSupreme Court of Vermont· 1985-04-26· cited 34×
- State v. BrunoSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-07· cited 34×
- State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-05-11· cited 33×
- Morais v. YeeSupreme Court of Vermont· 1994-07-15· cited 30×
- State v. LundSupreme Court of Vermont· 1984-02-03· cited 30×
- Woolaver v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont· 2003-08-01· cited 28×
- Heisse v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-05-18· cited 28×
- State v. PapazoniSupreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-08· cited 27×
- In Re Eustance Act 250 Juris. Opinion (No. 2-231)Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-03-13· cited 26×
- State v. BrunellSupreme Court of Vermont· 1988-09-16· cited 23×
- Stockwell v. DISTRICT COURT OF VERMONTSupreme Court of Vermont· 1983-04-05· cited 22×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Thompson v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont· 1957-02-07· cited 63×
- State v. TierneySupreme Court of Vermont· 1980-02-05· cited 43×
- Loeb v. LoebSupreme Court of Vermont· 1955-05-03· cited 43×
- South Burlington School District v. Calcagni-Frazier-Zajchowski Architects, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-01-16· cited 42×
- State v. CoburnSupreme Court of Vermont· 1960-11-01· cited 34×
- State v. BarrSupreme Court of Vermont· 1966-10-04· cited 31×
- Gattus v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1954-05-27· cited 30×
- Donoghue v. SmithSupreme Court of Vermont· 1956-10-02· cited 29×
- State v. AugerSupreme Court of Vermont· 1963-12-03· cited 28×
- Record v. Vermont Highway BoardSupreme Court of Vermont· 1959-09-01· cited 25×
- Christie v. Dalmig, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1979-01-11· cited 24×
- In Re HatchSupreme Court of Vermont· 1972-04-04· cited 24×
- State v. KellySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-07-21· cited 19×
- State v. RacineSupreme Court of Vermont· 1974-12-03· cited 17×
- State v. BlondinSupreme Court of Vermont· 1970-10-06· cited 17×
- Cadel v. Sherburne Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-11-05· cited 14×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Vermont· 1965-04-06· cited 11×
- Harden v. Vermont Department of TaxesSupreme Court of Vermont· 1976-02-03· cited 10×
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