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· 4/17/2015

Galenski v. Town of Erving

Citations

  • 471 Mass. 305
  • 28 N.E.3d 470

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The word ‘shall’ is ordinarily interpreted as having a mandatory or imperative obligation” when used in statutes
  • we view statutory scheme as whole to give effect to all of its provisions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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