State v. Coutee

How courts have described this case

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

• “[statutes must be construed, if possible, such that no clause, sentence or word shall be superfluous, void or insignificant” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “ [statutes must be construed, if possible, such that no clause, sentence or word shall be superfluous, void or insignificant” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• this court has stated that “[statements of legislators often provide strong indication of legislative intent” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• \the legislature is always presumed to have created a harmonious and consistent body of law\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “the legislature is always presumed to have created a harmonious and consistent body of law” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “testimony before legislative committees may be considered in determining the particular problem or issue that the legislature sought to address by the legislation” [internal quotation marks omitted]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).