163 Or. App. 282 - State v. Waechter’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
January 2004
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Portland General Electric Co. v. Bureau of Labor & Industries · State v. Vawter · Owens v. Maass · Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Tualatin Tire & Auto, Inc. · State v. Gardner
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“[W]e must first examine the text and context of a statute because the wording of a statute is the best evidence of the legislature’s intent. The context of a statute relevant at the first level of analysis may include other provisions of the same statute and related statutes, prior enactments and prior judicial interpretations of that statute and related statutes, and historical context of the relevant enactments. Only if the intent of the legislature is not clear from the first level of analysis may legislative history be considered. If the legislative history fails to yield an unambiguous result, then consideration may be given to pertinent maxims of construction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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