Is a later, more specific statute controlling over an earlier statute, even though the later statute would by its terms cover the present situation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Castillo v. Price Pfister, Inc., B280698 (Cal. App. 2018):
Her argument attempts to make a bulwark out of the rule that a "later, more specific statute [is] . . . controlling over an earlier statute, even though the earlier statute would by its terms cover the present situation. [Citation.]" (Young v. Haines (1986) 41 Cal.3d 883, 894 (Young).)
This rule finds no purchase.
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