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· 3/3/1989

Coretsky v. Board of Commissioners

Citations

  • 555 A.2d 72
  • 520 Pa. 513
  • 1989 Pa. LEXIS 46

How courts have described this case

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

  • opining that “by definition, ‘shall’ is mandatory”
  • “[T]here is no latitude for overlooking the plain meaning” because by definition, “shall” is mandatory.
  • “By definition, ‘shall’ is mandatory. Accordingly, there is no latitude for overlooking the plain meaning of [the statute] to reach a more desired result.”
  • “By definition, ‘shall’ is mandatory.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout

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