Koken v. Reliance Insurance

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 term “shall” is mandatory for purposes of statutory construction when the statute is unambiguous
• holding that the term \shall\ is mandatory for purposes of statutory construction when the statute is unambiguous
• noting that “[generally, the best indication of legislative intent is the plain language of the statute”
• holding \the term 'shall' is mandatory for purposes of statutory construction when a statute is unambiguous\
• noting that decisions of our sister states are not binding on this Court
• stating, “the term shall is mandatory for purposes of statutory construction when a statute is unambiguous[ ]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).