Neptune Management Corp. v. Cemetery and Funeral Bureau

How courts have described this case

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

• \The word `shall' generally indicates a command that admits of no discretion on the part of the person instructed to carry out the directive\
• “The word ‘shall’ generally indicates a command that admits of no discretion on the part of the person instructed to carry out the directive”
• \As used in statutes ... this word is generally imperative or mandatory\
• “An interpretation which gives effect to all provisions of 23 the contract is preferred to one which renders part of the writing superfluous, useless or 24 inexplicable.” (quoting 11 Williston on Contracts § 32:5 (4th ed. 2015)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).