How have courts interpreted statutory language in the context of the statutory framework?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Connor v. First Student, Inc., 236 Cal.Rptr.3d 826, 423 P.3d 953, 5 Cal.5th 1026 (Cal. 2018):
purpose." ' [Citation.] ' "If the statute's text evinces an unmistakable plain meaning, we need go no further." ' [Citation.]" ( Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles (2012) 55 Cal.4th 783, 803, 149 Cal.Rptr.3d 383, 288 P.3d 717.) "We construe statutory language in the context of the statutory framework, seeking to discern the statute's underlying purpose and to harmonize its different components."
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Ardon v. City of Los Angeles (2016) 62 Cal.4th 1176, 1183, 199 Cal.Rptr.3d 743, 366 P.3d 996.) Keeping these statutory interpretation principles in mind, we turn to the parties' arguments.
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