Zamarripa v. Q & T Food Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the terms “despite” and “notwithstanding” are often used interchangeably
• “Under the ordinary rule of statutory construction requiring us to give effect to the plain meaning of a statute’s wording . . . [an] omission must be viewed as intentional and given effect.”
• legislative omissions must be viewed as intentional and must be given effect
• “notwithstanding” means “without prevention or obstruction from or by”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).