What is the "plain meaning rule" and what is the effect of it?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Edgington v. County of San Diego, 118 Cal.App.3d 39, 173 Cal.Rptr. 225 (Cal. App. 1981):
"The 'plain meaning rule' says, in brief, that if the statute is plain, the court may not go beyond it to find another meaning. This well-known exclusionary doctrine was invoked in Lake County v. Rollins (130 U.S. 662, 9 S.Ct. 651, 32 L.Ed. 1060 (1889)), in which the United States Supreme Court said, more specifically:
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