Cluster 667248
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· 11 citation events
across 11 courts.
Showing the 4 strongest citers on record
(one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
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Ernest Obiagwu v. Baldwin Memorial Crematory, Moores Funeral Home and Crematory, Stewart Couey, Colette Lewis… (2026)
Utilities Bd. of Albertville v. Alabama Power Co., 21 F.3d 384 , 387 (11th Cir. 1994) (“When construing a state statute, we look to state rules of statutory construction, because the same rules of construction apply in a federal court as would apply in a state court.”); see also United States v. Anderson, 99 F.4th 1106, 1111 (7th Cir. 2024), reh'g denied, No. 21-1325, 2024 WL 4767781 (7th Cir. Nov. 13, 2024) (same). 64 Smith v. Northside Hosp., Inc., 302 Ga. 517, 521 (2017) …
“When construing a state statute, we look to state rules of statutory construction, because the same rules of construction apply in a federal court as would apply in a state court.”
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Lacroix v. Town of Fort Myers Beach, Florida (2021)
See Municipal Utilities Bd. of Albertville v. Ala. Power Co., 21 F.3d 384 , 387 (11th Cir. 1994) (“When construing a state statute, we look to state rules of statutory construction, because the same rules of construction apply in a federal court as would apply in a state court.”) Florida also applies “the long-recognized principle of statutory construction that where two statutory provisions are in conflict, the specific statute controls over the general statute.” State v. J…
“When construing a state statute, we look to state rules of statutory construction, because the same rules of construction apply in a federal court as would apply in a state court.”
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Snake River Valley Electric Association v. Pacificorp, (Including Utah Power and Light Company, a Division), … (2001)
See Municipal Utilities Bd. v. Alabama Power Co., 21 F.3d 384 , 387 (11th Cir.1994) (“Under the 1985 Act, therefore, the Alabama Legislature must explicitly approve any customer allocations the parties might wish to make.”) The existence of legislative review of private agreements to exchange customers distinguishes the Alabama Power cases from the present case.
The question of whether a federal court applies state rules of statutory construction is, of course, distinct from the question of whether a federal court applies state law rules to determine whether an unconstitutional provision can be severed from the remainder of the Act, or from the question of whether the federal court applies state law in determining if an otherwise unconstitutional provision is susceptible of a limiting construction. 19 .See Goldman v. Salisbury, 70 F…