State v. Yorkey

How courts have described this case

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• concluding there is a presumption to construe states in a manner that will not render it ineffective or meaningless
• noting that this Court strives to give effect to every part of legislative enactment
• “[T]here is a presumption that the Legislature does not intend to enact meaningless legislation.”
• “[T]here is a presumption that the Legislature does not intend to enact meaningless legislation... [and], thus, when we construe a statute, we must do so in a manner that will not render it ineffective or meaningless.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).