California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Loken v. Century 21-Award Properties, 36 Cal.App.4th 263, 42 Cal.Rptr.2d 683 (Cal. App. 1995):
To determine intent, we first look to statutory language, giving effect to the plain meaning of the language. (Burden v. Snowden (1992) 2 Cal.4th 556, 562, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 531, 828 P.2d 672.)
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