Huffman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
102
cited by 102 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
100 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. · Harris v. State · Randall Book Corp. v. State · In re Victor B. · Potter v. Bethesda Fire Department, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[e]very quest to discover and give effect to the objectives of the legislature begins with the text of the statute. If the intent of the legislature is clear from the words of the statute, our inquiry normally ends and we apply the plain meaning of the statute. In other words, we will approach our analysis from a common sense perspective, seeking to give the statutory language its ordinary meaning. In furthering the identified legislative objectives, we avoid giving the statute a strained interpretation or one that reaches an absurd result.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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