State v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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

• despite apparently clear and unambiguous statutory language, application to the facts of the case revealed ambiguity necessitating further interpretation
• courts presume legislature does not intend to enact useless or meaningless legislation
• courts construe statutes to avoid unreasonable results

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Abasolo v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2007-06-22· cited 91×
• Miami County Board of Commissioners v. Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-06-10· cited 78×
• State v. Marx
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-09-18· cited 70×
• Schmidt v. Trademark, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-03-18· cited 28×
• State v. Scheuerman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-01-14· cited 20×
• State v. Malm
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2007-04-06· cited 17×
• State v. Andelt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-10-09· cited 16×
• State v. Cisneros
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2006-12-08· cited 16×
• State v. Fanning
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-06-09· cited 14×
• State v. Hoffman
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2011-01-28· cited 6×
• State v. McCarley
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2007-09-19· cited 4×
• State v. Pritchard
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2008-05-30· cited 4×
• Chesapeake Operating, LLC v. State of Wyoming, Department of Revenue
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2023-11-07· cited 2×
• Abasolo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2006-11-09· cited 1×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Nunn
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1989-01-20· cited 156×
• State v. Gonzales
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-04-22· cited 97×
• State v. McAdam
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-01-30· cited 74×
• State v. Clements
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1987-03-27· cited 61×
• Carmichael v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-04-15· cited 60×
• State v. Boley
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-06-10· cited 50×
• State v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-06-25· cited 42×
• State v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-01-31· cited 40×
• State v. McCurry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-02-18· cited 39×
• State v. Frazier
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2002-03-15· cited 36×
• State v. Sedillos
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-06-03· cited 22×
• Beem v. McKune
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-01-27· cited 12×
• State v. Deffebaugh
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2004-05-14· cited 7×