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← 271 Va. 304 - Polytechnic Inst. v. Interactive Return Service, Inc.

Polytechnic Inst. v. Interactive Return Service, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

52
cited by 52 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 48 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Ainslie v. Inman · Chase v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. · HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc. v. Levin · Industrial Development Authority v. Board of Supervisors · Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University v. Interactive Return Service, Inc.

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “, as describing different functions. Specifically, therefore, I hold that the term " service " is an included component of, and thus part and parcel of, a " system. " Accordingly, I hold that the extension of SPSA's waste disposal operation to include CDD waste was not a new system requiring the [Code] § 15.2-5121 statutory findings. It was simply a new service. SPSA was therefore free to institute the new service without making the [Code] § 15.2-5121 findings. We awarded Holland this appeal, limited to one assignment of error, which reads as follows: The trial court erred in determining that Va.Code § 15.2-5121(A) does not apply to a municipally-created waste authority and its member communities that operate a landfill and then later enter into a new service, without making any of the findings required by the statute. III "Interpretation of a statute is a pure question of law subject to de novo review by this Court.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “`ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature,' which is usually self-evident from the statutory language.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[w]hen the language in a statute is clear and unambiguous, [this Court] appl[ies] the statute according to its plain language.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

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