Matter of Falstaff Brewing Corp.

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• holding that, in construing a statute, the Court must “attribute to the enactment the meaning most consistent with its policies and with the obvious purposes of the Legislature”
• holding statute, authorizing release of “name and address” of juvenile also authorizes release of underlying record
• holding statute authorizing release of “name and address” of juvenile also authorizes release of underlying record
• holding statute authorizing release of “name and address” of juvenile also authorizes release of underlying record
• \A statute may not * * * be construed in a way that would result in `absurdities or would defeat the underlying purpose of the enactment'\
• \[O]ur primary task in construing a statute is to attribute to the enactment the meaning most consistent with its policies and with the obvious purposes of the Legislature * * *.\

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