KLEIN v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Part-II
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>KLEIN v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >KLEIN v. </b><b<br /> >UNITED<br /> STATES OF AMERICA</b><b<br /> ></b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 7/26/10<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >IN THE SUPREME<br /> COURT OF </b><b >CALIFORNIA</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>ALAN RICHARD KLEIN et al., )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> Plaintiffs<br /> and Appellants, )<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/> v. )<br /> S165549<br /> <br/> )<br /> <br/>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., ) 9th<br /> Cir. No. 06-55510<br /> <br/> ) C.D. Cal. No. <br /> <br/> Defendants<br /> and Respondents. ) CV-05-05526-PA<br /> <br/>__________________________________ )<u></u><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b >STORY CONTINUE <br /> FROM PART I….</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>The third reason relies on another statutory<br /> construction principle, that courts must strive to give meaning to every word<br /> in a statute and to avoid constructions that render words, phrases, or clauses<br /> superfluous. (<i >People v. Trevino</i> (2001) 26 Cal.4th 237, 245-246; <i<br /> >People<br /> v. Woodhead</i> (1987) 43 Cal.3d 1002, 1010.) <br /> The broad construction of the safe-premises immunity provision that the United States urges us to adopt would violate this<br /> rule. The duty to â€