Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission v. Silkor Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “may” conveys discretion unless the context or purpose of the statute shows that it is meant otherwise
• construing the word “may” to signal the ordinary meaning of permission unless the context or the purpose of the statute shows that it is meant to be imperative
• interpreting the word “may” to signal the ordinary meaning of permission unless the context or the purpose of the statute shows that it is meant to be imperative
• interpreting the word \may\ to signal the ordinary meaning of permission unless the context or the purpose of the statute shows that it is meant to be imperative
• construing the word ‘may’ to signal the “ordinary significance of permission unless the context or purpose of the statute shows that it is meant to be imperative[.]”
• absent clear legislative indication to the contrary, “may” is presumed to apply in a permissive sense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).