Statutory construction and application of related code sections
Also stated as: Statutory and Code Interpretation Principles
The pages courts cite for it
- Cited for: Statutory construction and application of related code sections
Ranked by how often Alabama courts cite each page. The bar is how citing opinions treated that page (green followed, yellow questioned or limited, red negative); a red or yellow chip is the case’s own overall treatment.
Alabama opinions citing these pages
- K.A. v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Russell Juv. Court: JU-23-748.03), No. CR-2024-0329 (Ala. Crim. App. Mar. 28, 2025)
- State Superintendent of Educ. v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 144 So. 3d 265 (Ala. 2013)
- Santiago v. Santiago, 122 So. 3d 1270 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013)
- Kilgore Dev., Inc. v. Woodland Place, LLC, 47 So. 3d 267 (Ala. Civ. App. 2009)
- Crouch v. Howard, 23 So. 3d 663 (Ala. 2009)
- Llm v. Jmt, 964 So. 2d 66 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007)
- L.L.M. v. J.M.T., 964 So. 2d 66 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007)
- Holmes v. Macon Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 11 So. 3d 205 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006)
- Ex Parte State, 960 So. 2d 740 (Ala. 2006)
- Ex Parte Ted's Game Enter., 893 So. 2d 376 (Ala. 2004)
- State v. Amerada Hess Corp., 788 So. 2d 179 (Ala. Civ. App. 2000)
- State v. Am. Tobacco Co., 772 So. 2d 417 (Ala. 2000)
- Monroe v. Harco, Inc., 762 So. 2d 828 (Ala. 2000)
- Goldsmith v. Alabama Bd. of Pardons & Paroles, 724 So. 2d 80 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998)
From the opinions citing the top pages above (up to 400 per page are read), most pages cited first, then newest.
Nearest issues
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Filed under: Lenity and Stare Decisis in Construction
Where else it is alive
Opinions per jurisdiction citing these pages. A span that stops early can mean the doctrine was dropped there.
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