In Re Langon

How courts have described this case

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

• interpreting word “may” as “manifest[ing] a 25 legislative intent to confer upon the trial court considerable discretion”
• “Use of the word ‘may’ . . . ordinarily denotes discretion.”
• “Use of the word ‘may’ . . . ordinarily denotes discretion.”
• “[T]he meaning of the word ‘may’ in a particular statute depends on the context of the statute, and on whether it is fairly to be presumed that it was the intention of the legislature to confer ,a discretionary power or to impose an imperative duty ....”
• “[T]he meaning of the word „may‟ in a particular statute depends on the context of the statute, and on whether it is fairly to be presumed that it was the intention of the legislature to 26 confer a discretionary power or to impose an imperative duty . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).