California Court of Appeal· 6/4/1992

Unzueta v. Ocean View School District

Citations

6 Cal. App. 4th 1689
8 Cal. Rptr. 2d 614
92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4766
92 Daily Journal DAR 7516
1992 Cal. App. LEXIS 714

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\ 'The Legislature is presumed to know the existing law and have in mind its previous enactments when legislating on a particular subject.' \
“ ‘The Legislature is presumed to know the existing law and have in mind its previous enactments when legislating on a particular subject.’ ”
\ 'An intent that finds no expression in the words of the statute cannot be found to exist. The courts may not speculate that the legislature meant something other than what it said. Nor may they rewrite a statute to make it express an intention not expressed therein.' \
“ ‘An intent that finds no expression in the words of the statute cannot be found to exist. The courts may not speculate that the legislature meant something other than what it said. Nor may they rewrite a statute to make it express an intention not expressed therein.’”

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Judges: Yegan, Gilbert

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