· 6/26/2018
Wisconsin DWD v. Wisconsin LIRC
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that, “[u]nder the commands of the Supreme Court, a statute that ‘does not contain conflicting provisions or ambiguous language’ does not ‘require a narrowing construction or application of any other canon or interpretative tool’”
- explaining that, “[u]nder the commands of the Supreme Court, a statute that ‘does not contain conflicting provisions or ambiguous language’ does not ‘require a narrowing construction or application of any other canon or interpretative tool’”
- finding no surplusage where a statute contained multiple definitions of potential benefit recipients even though a particular person might qualify under multiple definitions
- “Normal usage in the English language would read the word ‘such’ as referring to the entire antecedent phrase.”
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