State v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding general words in statute following specific words are construed to include items of similar character
• “General words in a statute that follow specific words ... are construed to include only items of a similar character to the specific ones mentioned.”
• \General words in a statute that follow specific words . . . are construed to include only items of a similar character to the specific ones mentioned.\
• \General words in a statute that follow specific words . . . are construed to include only items of a similar character to the specific ones mentioned.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Crowley v. Frazier
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-12-31· cited 19×
• State v. Beckert
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1999-11-18· cited 11×
• In re Justin D.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1999-12-13· cited 10×
• EnergyNorth Natural Gas v. Associated Elec. & Gas Ins. Services, Ltd.
  D. New Hampshire· 1998-09-30· cited 6×
• EnergyNorth v. AEGIS et al
  D. New Hampshire· 1998-09-30

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Paris
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-06-30· cited 15×
• Devon-Aire Villas Home. v. Americable Assoc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-17· cited 8×
• Sheppard v. City of Orangeburg
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-03-21· cited 5×
• Town of Gilsum v. Monadnock Regional School District
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-07-23· cited 5×
• State v. Paglierani
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1994-09-26· cited 3×