Topic: unless to do so would constitute an absurd result. · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 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 Executive Branch Ethics Commission v. Stephens.

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1 Executive Branch Ethics Commission v. Stephens Anchor
ky · 2002
green “unless to do so would constitute an absurd result.” 5
2 Executive Branch Ethics Commission v. Stephens
ky · 2002
green “the words of the statute are to be given their plain meaning unless to do so would constitute an absurd result.” 4
3 Revenue Cabinet, Commonwealth v. Gaba
kyctapp · 1994
green “in the construction and interpretation of administrative regulations, the same rules apply that would be applicable to statutory construction and interpretation.” 2
4 Revenue Cabinet, Commonwealth v. Gaba
kyctapp · 1994
green “the same rules apply that would be applicable to statutory construction and interpretation.” 2

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