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In Re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek (2000)

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Rule Authority · 9th Cir.
“When the words in a statute are clear and unequivocal,” Washington courts “assume the Legislature meant exactly what it said and apply the statute as written.” In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 10 P.3d 1034, 1041 (Wash. 2000) (quoting In re Custody of Smith, 969 P.2d 21, 25 (Wash. 1998)).
quoting In re Custody of Smith, 969 P.2d 21, 25 (Wash. 1998)
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Rule Authority · 9th Cir.
“When the words in a statute are clear and unequivocal,” Washington courts “assume the Legislature meant exactly what it said and apply the statute as written.” In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 10 P.3d 1034, 1041 (Wash. 2000) (quoting In re Custody of Smith, 969 P.2d 21, 25 (Wash. 1998)).
quoting In re Custody of Smith, 969 P.2d 21, 25 (Wash. 1998)
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Rule Authority · Wash.
Drafters of legislation "`are presumed to have used no superfluous words and we must accord meaning, if possible, to every word in a statute....'" In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wash.2d 756, 767 , 10 P.3d 1034 *706 (2000) (quoting Greenwood v. Dep't of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wash.App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975)); cf. City of Bellevue v. Lorang, 140 Wash.2d 19, 25 , 992 P.2d 496 (2000) (court will not construe statute to render term superfluous).
quoting Greenwood v. Dep't of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wash.App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975)
Cited (see also) · Wash. · signal: see also
See RCW 77.85.050(3) (requiring lead entity to “submit the habitat project list to the salmon recovery funding board” (emphasis added)); (4) (requiring the recreation and conservation office to “administer funding to support the functions of lead entities” (emphasis added)); see also In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wn.2d 756, 767 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000) (we presume the legislature ‘“used no superfluous words and we must accord meaning, 12 City of Sammamish v. Titcomb (Mon…
we presume the legislature ‘“used no superfluous words and we must accord meaning, 12 City of Sammamish v. Titcomb (Montoya-Lewis, J., concurring) if possible, to every word in a statute”’ (quoting Greenwood v. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wn. App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975))
Cited (see also) · Wash. Ct. App. · signal: see also
See State v. J.P., 149 Wash.2d 444, 450 , 69 P.3d 318 (2003); Campbell & Gwinn, 146 Wash.2d at 11, 43 P.3d 4 ; see also In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wash.2d 756, 767 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000) (quoting Greenwood v. Dep't of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wash.App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975)). ¶ 39 Here, the meaning of "represent" is not ambiguous.
quoting Greenwood v. Dep't of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wash.App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975)
Cited (see also) · Wash. Ct. App. · signal: see also
See State v. J.P., 149 Wn.2d 444, 450 , 69 P.3d 318 (2003); Campbell & Gwinn, 146 Wn.2d at 11 ; see also In re Recall of Pearsall- Stipek, 141 Wn.2d 756, 767 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000) (quoting Greenwood v. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wn.
quoting Greenwood v. Dep’t of Motor Vehicles, 13 Wn. App. 624, 628 , 536 P.2d 644 (1975)
Cited · Wash. Ct. App. · signal: see
See In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wn.2d 756 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000); In re Recall of Hurley, 120 Wn.2d 378 , 841 P.2d 756 (1992); State ex rel.
Cited (see also) · Wash. · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wn.2d 756, 783 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000); In re Estate of Mumby, 97 Wn.
Cited (see also) · Wash. · signal: see, e.g.
See, e.g., In re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek, 141 Wash.2d 756, 783 , 10 P.3d 1034 (2000); In re Estate of Mumby, 97 Wash.App. 385, 394-95 , 982 P.2d 1219 (1999); Rogerson Hiller Corp. v. Port of Port Angeles, 96 Wash.App. 918, 928-29 , 982 P.2d 131 (1999).