Hecht Co. v. Bowles

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the use of 'may' and 'shall' in the same sentence of a statute implies that each was used purposefully
• holding that the use of “may” and “shall” in the same sentence of a statute implies that each was used purposefully
• holding that, in considering whether to impose an injunction under the Emergency Price Control Act, the district court’s discretion “must be exercised in light of the objectives of the Act”
• holding that the use of “may” and “shall” in the same sentence of the statute implies that each was used purposefully
• explaining that when a court evaluates an agency’s decision against the background of a federal statute, the court’s discretion “must be exercised in light of the large objectives of the Act”
• explaining that when a court evaluates an agency’s decision against the background of a federal statute, the court’s discretion “must be exercised in light of the large objectives of the Act”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).