Washington Supreme Court· 2/10/2005
State v. Roggenkamp
Citations
- 106 P.3d 196
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining “shelter” in the phrase “food, water, shelter, clothing, and medically necessary health care ... should not be isolated and analyzed apart from the words sur rounding it”
- explaining “shelter” in the phrase “food, water, shelter, clothing, and medically necessary health care . . . should not be isolated and analyzed apart from the words surrounding it”
- the meaning of words may be indicated or controlled by those with which they are associated
- the meaning of words may be indicated or controlled by those with which they are associated
- \ 'each word of a statute is to be accorded meaning' \ (quoting State ex rel. Schillberg v. Barnett, 79 Wash.2d 578 , 584, 488 P.2d 255 (1971) )
- we presume that the legislature does not include superfluous language in a statute
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Judges: Alexander
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