Wilson v. City of Jersey City

How courts have described this case

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• noting that in statutory construction, “[o]ur paramount goal ... is to give effect to the Legislature’s intent” (citing State v. Maguire, 84 N.J. 508, 514, 423 A.2d 294 (1980)
• striving to avoid absurd results, driven by narrow adherence to literal language, which are “at odds with the overall statutory scheme”
• explaining the history of the public and private partnership between government agencies and the telecommunications companies supporting the statewide E911 system
• explaining the history of the public and private partnership between government agencies and the telecommunications companies supporting the statewide E911 system
• \[A]mbiguities in language should not be read to achieve a result that the Legislature evidently did not intend.\
• the court's \paramount goal in interpreting a statute is to give effect to the Legislature's intent.\

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