Galkin v. Town of Chester

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that omission of particular language in statute \lack[ed] legal significance\ where the Legislature failed to use uniform language throughout
• concluding that omission of particular language in statute “lack[ed] legal significance” where the Legislature failed to use uniform language throughout
• explaining that specific sections of statutes are read in context and entire scheme read in pari materia
• explaining that specific sections of statutes are read in context and entire scheme read in pari materia
• “The American Rule ordinarily prohibits an award of attorney's fees absent a specific statutory provision or an agreement of the parties.”
• operative sections of statutory scheme must be read in relation to one another

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