763 So. 2d 5 - State v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
February 2002
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Allison v. United States · 708 So. 2d 401 - State v. Byrd · State v. Ste. Marie · 341 So. 2d 319 - State v. Neyrey
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“[t]he plain meaning of legislation should be conclusive, except in the `rare cases [in which] the literal application of a statute will produce a result demonstrably at odds with the intentions of its drafters' [in which case] the intention of the drafters, rather than the strict language controls.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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