Miller v. Spicer

How courts have described this case

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

• “The use of the verb ‘shall’ in legislation generally connotes a mandatory requirement while the verb ‘may’ is deemed permissive.”
• “The use of the verb ‘shall’ in legislation generally connotes a mandatory requirement while the verb ‘may’ is deemed permissive.”
• “The use of the verb ‘shall’ . . . generally connotes a mandatory requirement while the verb ‘may’ is deemed permissive.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• GMG Capital Investments, LLC v. Athenian Venture Partners I
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-01-03· cited 361×
• In Re the Adoption of Swanson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-04-27· cited 72×
• Kassab v. Michigan Basic Property Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1992-09-30· cited 36×
• Schuster v. Derocili
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-06-15· cited 27×
• Young v. Red Clay Consolidated School District
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-10-07· cited 9×
• Harden v. Christina School District
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2007-05-31· cited 6×
• DeFelice v. Cummings
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2016-08-16
• Brown v. City of Wilmington
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-01-08
• Brown v. The City Library of Wilmington
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-08-17
• Pilot Air Freight, LLC v. Manna Freight Systems, Inc., Alan J. Meehan Revocable Trust, and Alan J. Meehan
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2020-09-18
• Green v. Geico General Insurance Company
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-05-12
• Manti Holdings, LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-09-13
• Eley v. PNC Bank Branch of Lewes DE
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-06-23
• Amoako v. Clayton Police Department
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-07-31
• Salama v. Simon
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2024-11-27

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cort v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 3,337×
• Mann v. Oppenheimer & Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-10-30· cited 47×
• Bartley v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-12-22· cited 13×
• Delaware Citizens for Clean Air, Inc. v. Water & Air Resources Commission
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1973-02-13· cited 12×