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statute is the guiding principle in Kansas

6 Kansas opinions name it 2 courts 1999–2021 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Kansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
State v. Williamsgreen
kan · 2014 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
2 sentences

2021And as previously explained, under the first part of the overbreadth doctrine test, Trotter had to "do more than imagine a conceivable activity that would be constitutionally protected but would run afoul of the aggravated trafficking statute because '[a]lmost every law is potentially applicable to constitutionally protected acts' and would be unconstitutional if any hypothetical, unconstitutional application was all that had to be established." 299 Kan. at 920 .

2021See Williams, 299 Kan. at 921 (holding that "'courts will not give strained meanings to legislative language through a process of imaginative hypothesizing; a common-sense interpretation of the statute is the guiding principle'").

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State v. Neighborsgreen
kanctapp · 1995 · cited in 1 Kansas opinions naming this issue, 1999–1999
1 sentence

1999See also State v. Neighbors, 21 Kan.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kansas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
State v. Wilson green
kan · 1999
2 sentences

2014The Wilson court rejected the defendants’ arguments by declaring that “courts will not give strained meanings to legislative language through a process of imaginative hypothesizing; a common-sense interpretation of the statute is the guiding principle.” 267 Kan. at 557 .

2013The Wilson court rejected the defendant’s facially seductive argument by declaring that “courts will not give strained meanings to legislative language through a process of imaginative hypothesizing; a common-sense interpretation of the statute is the guiding principle.” 267 Kan. at 557 .

42011–2014
State v. Fisher green
kan · 1981
2 sentences

2014Further, the court noted that statutes like the child endangerment statute, which are designed to protect children; “are necessarily drawn with broad language because they are designed to cover a broad range of conduct and circumstances.” 267 Kan. at 557 (citing State v. Fisher, 230 Kan. 192, 198 , 631 P.2d 239 [1981]).

2014Further, the court noted that statutes like the child endangerment statute, which are designed to protect children; “are necessarily drawn with broad language because they are designed to cover a broad range of conduct and circumstances.” 267 Kan. at 557 (citing State v. Fisher, 230 Kan. 192, 198 , 631 P.2d 239 [1981]).

12014–2014
People v. Beaugez green
calctapp · 1965
2 sentences

1999As to the argument about permitting football to be played, our court in Fisher, 230 Kan. at 197 , looked to the People v. Beaugez, 232 Cal. App. 2d 650, 658 , 43 Cal. Rptr. 28 (1965), response that courts will not give strained meanings to legislative language through a process of imaginative hypothesizing; a common-sense interpretation of the statute is the guiding principle.

1999As to the argument about permitting football to be played, our court in Fisher, 230 Kan. at 197 , looked to the People v. Beaugez, 232 Cal. App. 2d 650, 658 , 43 Cal. Rptr. 28 (1965), response that courts will not give strained meanings to legislative language through a process of imaginative hypothesizing; a common-sense interpretation of the statute is the guiding principle.

11999–1999

Statutes the citing opinions construe

KS § K.S.A. § 21-3608 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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