How have courts interpreted "plain meaning" in a section of the California Civil Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Curry, 276 Cal.Rptr.3d 406, 62 Cal.App.5th 314 (Cal. App. 2021):
But if an examination of the plain meaning of the statutory language "fail[s] to resolve the dispute, we next consider the context in which the[ ] words appear, attempting to harmonize the words of the statute within the overall statutory scheme." ( People v. Valladoli (1996) 13 Cal.4th 590, 599, 54 Cal.Rptr.2d 695, 918 P.2d 999 ( Valladoli ).)
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