Fowler v. City of Anchorage

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that all general election statutes apply to special elections unless “specifically provided otherwise”
• City did not have to inform contractor of prevailing wage rates despite use of “shall” in Alaska statute
• “Unless the context otherwise indicates, the use of the word ‘shall’ denotes a mandatory intent.”
• “Unless the context otherwise indicates, the use of the word ‘shall’ denotes a mandatory intent.”
• use of word “shall” denotes a mandatory intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).