Tampa-Hillsborough Cty. Expressway Auth. v. KE MORRIS ALIGN. SERVICE, INC.

How courts have described this case

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• “[I]t is axiomatic that courts should ... avoid giving [a statute] an interpretation that will lead to an absurd result.”
• legislative grants of property or franchise rights must be strictly construed in favor of the state and against the grantee
• “[A]ny ambiguity in section 73.071(3)(b) should be construed against the claim of business damages, and such damages should be awarded only when such an award appears clearly consistent with legislative intent.”
• statutes should be construed in light of manifest purpose to be achieved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).