581 So. 2d 604 - Blount v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 576 So. 2d 1310 - Perkins v. State · 351 So. 2d 957 - Earnest v. State · Heredia v. Allstate Ins. Co. · 99 So. 2d 888 - Sons v. State · 482 So. 2d 422 - NATIONWIDE PROP. & CAS. v. Marchesano
Most-quoted passages
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“A court's construction of statutes need not produce what the court might perceive to be a wise result in order to constitute a rational interpretation of legislative intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is neither the function nor prerogative of the courts to speculate on constructions more or less reasonable, when the language itself conveys an unequivocal meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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