Northwest Ecosystem Alliance v. Forest Practices Board

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 use of the term \may\ in a statute does not require an action but, rather, permits an action
• explaining that the use of the term “may” in a statute does not require an action but, rather, permits an action
• “There is . . . no mandatory duty to pursue an administrative remedy — a party can simply give up.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).