In determining the intent of the Legislature in enacting state laws, California courts have historically taken a limited view of legislative materials that can be used to determine intent. The courts ...

One of the most simple phrases in the vocabulary of legislative policy-making is “legislative intent.” However in the process of making new law, the meaning of the legislative intent language ...

The New York Court of Appeals announced that friend-of-the-court briefs on cases about legislative intent and statutes may no longer present lawmakers' views expressed outside of the publicly ...

A 2004 sexual harassment scandal in the Salt Lake County Clerk's office has, seven years later, got legislators fired up ... A 2004 sexual harassment scandal in the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office has ...