Ambrosier v. Brownback

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• comparing statutes regarding gubernatorial appointments and concluding differences in language were persuasive evidence the legislature intended different treatment
• interpreting \shall\ as used in a statute to be directory rather than mandatory
• interpreting \shall\ as used in a statute to be directory rather than mandatory
• shall can be interpreted as either mandatory or directory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Marinelli
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-04-13· cited 78×
• State v. Fleming
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-08-10· cited 73×
• State v. Gensler
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-08-10· cited 45×
• In Re Interests A.A.-F.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-07-12· cited 45×
• State v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-08-10· cited 25×
• Glaze v. J.K. Williams, LLC
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-04-19· cited 10×
• Kelly v. Legislative Coordinating Council
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-04-11· cited 7×
• In re Petition for Habeas Corpus by Bowman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-05-17· cited 5×
• Schwab v. Klapper
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-03-04· cited 4×
• State v. Schrader
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-08-10· cited 3×
• State v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2024-06-28· cited 3×
• State ex rel. Secretary of DCF v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-04-07
• Midwest Crane & Rigging, LLC v. Kansas Corporation Com'n
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-07-21
• Landrum v. Goering
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-07-21
• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2017-10-27
• Frost v. Norwood
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2019-04-05
• State, ex rel. Kobach v. Harper
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-06-13
• Kelly v. Kobach
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2026-03-27

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Jolly
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-02-20· cited 184×
• State v. Urban
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-09-24· cited 98×
• State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Kansas House of Representatives
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1984-08-29· cited 75×
• Mobil Oil Corporation v. McHenry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1968-01-10· cited 73×
• State v. Raschke
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-10-30· cited 69×
• Peterson v. Ferrell
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-06-05· cited 67×
• State Ex Rel. Stephan v. Finney
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-07-10· cited 60×
• Wilson v. Sebelius
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2003-07-11· cited 48×
• Manhattan Buildings, Inc. v. Hurley
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1982-03-17· cited 38×
• Curless v. Board of County Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1966-11-04· cited 36×
• Kansas Bar Ass'n v. Judges of the Third Judicial District
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-12-15· cited 28×
• State ex rel. Smith v. Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1931-02-07· cited 26×
• Gaslight Villa, Inc. v. Governing Body, City of Lansing
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-01-26· cited 21×
• City of Hutchinson v. Ryan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1942-01-24· cited 20×
• Arney v. Director, Kansas State Penitentiary
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-10-21· cited 15×
• Hooper v. McNaughton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1923-04-07· cited 14×
• Board of Sedgwick County Commr's v. Noone
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1984-06-08· cited 10×
• State v. Becker
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1998-04-24· cited 10×
• Topeka Building & Construction Trades Council v. Leahy
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1960-07-02· cited 4×
• Long v. Board of County Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-12-10· cited 4×