Day: August 22, 2024

NJ Supreme Court Sides With Municipality in Long-Standing Verizon Tax Suit

NJ Supreme Court Sides With Municipality in Long-Standing Verizon Tax Suit

In Verizon New Jersey, Inc. v. Borough of Hopewell (A-22-23/088421) (Decided July 25, 2024), the Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld an Appellate Division decision holding “that ‘local telephone exchange’ as used in N.J.S.A. 54:4-1 means a local telephone network within a defined geographical area as depicted on Verizon’s tariff