How cited: United States v. Ryan Howe · Go Syfert

United States v. Ryan Howe (2014)

green · 12 citation events across 1 courts. Showing the 4 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
Rule Authority · N.H. · 2 citations in this opinion
“We are the final arbiter of the intent of the legislature as expressed in the words of the statute considered as a whole.” United States v. Howe, 167 N.H. 143, 145 (2014) (quotation omitted). ‘When examining the language of the statute, we ascribe the plain and ordinary meaning to the words used.” Id. (quotation omitted). ‘We interpret legislative intent from the statute as written and will not consider what the legislature might have said or add language that the legislatu…
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Rule Authority · N.H. · 2 citations in this opinion
In the event that the statutory language is ambiguous, “we will resolve the ambiguity by determining the legislature’s intent in light of legislative history.” United States v. Howe, 167 N.H. 143, 148-49 (2014).
Cited · N.H. · signal: see · 2 citations in this opinion
See United States v. Howe, 167 N.H. 143, 148-49 (2014).
Cited · N.H. · signal: see
“Under such circumstances, we turn to the legislative history to aid in our interpretation of the meaning of the statutory language.” Id.; see United States v. Howe, 167 N.H. 143, 148-49 (2014) (turning to legislative history because parties’ proffered constructions of statute were both reasonable).
turning to legislative history because parties’ proffered constructions of statute were both reasonable