786 So. 2d 1097 - Swift v. Gregory’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 602 So. 2d 344 - IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc. · Smith v. State · State v. Towery · 740 So. 2d 999 - Johnson v. BD. OF CONTROL OF EMP. RETIREMENT SYSTEM
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`"The fundamental rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature in enacting the statute. Words used in a statute must be given their natural, plain, ordinary, and commonly understood meaning, and where plain language is used a court is bound to interpret that language to mean exactly what it says. If the language of the statute is unambiguous, then there is no room for judicial construction and the clearly expressed intent of the legislature must be given effect."' " Swift v. Gregory , 786 So.2d 1097 (Ala. 2000), quoting IMED Corp. v. Systems Eng'g Assocs. Corp ., 602 So.2d 344 , 346 (Ala. 1992)."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“"We cannot agree with Swift's contention that the Legislature did not intend for the changes made from the provisions of the original Act in § 7-112 to the codified statute (§ 12-17-140 ) to be effective. Once the Code Commission modifies an act and the Legislature thereafter adopts a Code containing the modification, the modification has the force of law. "`It is the settled law of this state that the Code of Alabama . . . is not a mere compilation of the laws previously existing, but is a body of laws, duly enacted, so that laws, which previously existed, ceased to be law when omitted from [the] Code, and additions, which appear therein, become the law from the approval of the Act adopting the Code.' "State v. Towery, 143 Ala. 48 , 49 , 39 So. 309 , 309 (1905)."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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