The tools of statutory construction are powerful. In interpreting statutory language, words are generally given their common and ordinary meaning. The cardinal rule is to ascertain and effectuate the ...

In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held an insurer's notice of cancellation of an insured's life insurance policy complied with a North Carolina statutory ...

"There is no statute of limitations barring originality in statutory construction, and it may be possible that the plain meaning of § 7-433c has been hiding in plain sight for the past seventy years," ...