Supreme Court of Vermont· 6/14/1996

State v. O'NEILL

Citations

682 A.2d 943
165 Vt. 270
1996 Vt. LEXIS 78

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prohibiting this Court from \read[ing] into a statute something which is not there unless it is necessary in order to make the statute effective\(citation omitted and emphasis in the original)
prohibiting this Court from “reading] into a statute something which is not there unless it is necessary in order to make the statute effective” (citation omitted and emphasis in the original)
Court must not \read into a statute something which is not there unless it is necessary in order to make the statute effective\
Court must not “read into a statute something which is not there unless it is necessary in order to make the statute effective”
Court must not “read into a statute something which is not there unless it is necessary in order to make the statute effective”
there are many rules of statutory construction, but the paramount one is “to discern and give effect to the intent of the Legislature”

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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