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· 1/12/2015

Hairston v. Holloway

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 1020
  • 190 L. Ed. 2d 824
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 3578
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 366
  • 2015 WL 132934

How courts have described this case

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

  • “We rely on the plain meaning of the words in a statute because we presume they reflect the Legislature’s intent.”
  • assessing the use of “shall” and “may” in proximity

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