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· 3/1/2011

Utility Service Co. v. Department of Labor & Industrial Relations

Citations

  • 331 S.W.3d 654
  • 2011 Mo. LEXIS 51
  • 2011 WL 795867

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating the court must interpret statutes in context and not read any portion thereof in isolation
  • “Rules of statutory construction may be applied to resolve any ambiguities if the legislative intent is undeterminable from the plain meaning of the statutory language.”
  • “No portion of a statute is read, in isolation, but rather is read in context to the entire statute, harmonizing all provisions”
  • “No portion of a statute is read in isolation, but rather is read in context to the entire statute, harmonizing all provisions”
  • “This Court, however, cannot create the Department’s regulations or rewrite the statutes enacted by the legislature.”

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Judges: Mary R. Russell

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