City of Port Huron v. Amoco Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that it is a well-established rale of statutory interpretation that “[w]hile the word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision, ‘may’ designates discretion”
• discussing the different meanings of the term and referencing Black’s Law Dictionary
• It is a well-established rule of statutory interpretation that “[w]hile the word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision, ‘may’ designates discretion.”
• It is a well-established rule of statutory interpretation that “[w]hile the word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision, ‘may’ designates discretion.”
• It is a well-established rule of statutory interpretation that “[w]hile the word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision, ‘may’ designates discretion.”
• “[I]f a lawful basis for denial actually exists, the insurer, as a matter of law, cannot be held liable in an action based on the tort of bad faith.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).