Friends v. COLUMBIA RIVER (S055915)

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]n the statutory context, in ordinary usage, ‘shall’ create[s] a mandatory duty, while ‘may’ creates only authority to act.” (Second brackets in original; internal quotation marks omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).