248 Mich. App. 75 - Decker v. Flood’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[O]ur Supreme Court repudiated the use of the "absurd result" rule of statutory construction in a case such as this where the language of the statute is unambiguous. People v. McIntire, 461 Mich. 147, 155-158 , 599 N.W.2d 102 (1999). The Supreme Court's decision in McIntire precludes this Court from utilizing rules of statutory construction to impose policy choices different from those selected by the Legislature. Id. at 152 , 599 N.W.2d 102 . "`[I]n our democracy, a legislature is free to make inefficacious or even unwise policy choices. The correction of these policy choices is not a judicial function as long as the legislative choices do not offend the constitution.'" Id. at 159, 599 N.W.2d 102 , adopting as its own the language of Judge Young's dissent in People v. McIntire, 232 Mich.App. 71, 126 , 591 N.W.2d 231 (1998). Clearly, it is not within our authority to second-guess the wisdom or reasonableness of unambiguous legislative enactments even where the literal interpretation of the statute leads to an absurd result. [ Id. at 84 , 591 N.W.2d 231 .]”

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   e.g. 274 Mich. App. 184 - Usf Ins. & Gua. Co. v. McCa

2. “rule of statutory construction could be applied to interpret an unambiguous statute. The Decker Court stated: [O]ur Supreme Court repudiated the use of the”

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   e.g. 274 Mich. App. 184 - Usf Ins. & Gua. Co. v. McCa