Erection Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the term “shall” in a statute imposes a mandatory requirement (citing State v. Bryan, 93 Wn.2d 177, 183, 606 P.2d 1228 (1980))
• noting the word \shall\ in a statute is presumptively imperative and operates to create a duty unless a contrary legislative intent is apparent
• noting the word “shall” in a statute is presumptively imperative and operates to create a duty unless a contrary legislative intent is apparent
• \The court must give words in a statute their plain and ordinary meaning unless a contrary intent is evidenced in the statute.\
• “The court must give words in a statute their plain and ordinary meaning unless a contrary intent is evidenced in the statute.”
• failure of Department to act within specified time period may terminate Department's authority to act at all

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).