In re Noah B.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the first step in determining legislative intent is to look to the words used in the statute
• explaining that the first step in determining legislative intent is to look to the words used in the statute
• “The generally accepted and familiar meaning of ‘shall’ indicates that this term is mandatory.”
• the term “shall not” constitutes a “mandatory command” by the legislature
• “A court that makes a decision has the power to reconsider it, so long as the case is within its jurisdiction.” (quoting 1B James W. Moore 25 & Jo Desha Lucas, Moore’s Federal Practice ¶ 0.404[4.-1], at II-2 (2d ed. 1995))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).