State v. Quinn

How courts have described this case

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

• “if possible, we must avoid construing statutory language in a way that produces an irrational result”; “we do not [construe penal statutes] to . . . reach an absurd result”
• we do not construe statute to reach irrational result

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re P.S.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-08-08· cited 66×
• State v. Rolfe
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-11-01· cited 19×
• Santi v. Roxbury Town School District
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-09-27· cited 4×
• In Re PS
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-08-08
• State v. Eckhardt
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-08-27

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bifulco v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-16· cited 734×
• In Re Stowe Club Highlands
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-22· cited 121×
• Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Handy Family Enterprises
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-04-14· cited 40×
• State v. Oliver
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-06-16· cited 34×
• State v. Papazoni
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-01-08· cited 27×
• State v. Blondin
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-28· cited 25×
• In Re Spring Brook Farm Foundation, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-10-27· cited 23×
• Board of Trustees of Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Inc. v. Labor Relations Board & Local 1369
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-30· cited 22×
• State v. Therrien
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-09-24· cited 20×
• Martel v. Stafford
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-11-08· cited 18×
• Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-02-04· cited 15×
• State v. Frechette
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-12-27· cited 5×