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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 14 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Epstein v. State.

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1 Epstein v. State Anchor
tenn · 1963
green “it is presumed that the legislature in enacting a statute did not intend an absurdity, and such a result will be avoided if the terms of the statute admit of it by a reasonable construction.” 9
2 Mooney v. Sneed
tenn · 2000
green “the reasonableness of a statute may not be questioned by a court, and a court may not substitute its own policy judgments for those of the legislature.” 5

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