Old Kent Bank v. Kal Kustom Enterprises

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 use of the word “may” designates discretion
• “The word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision . . . .”
• “The word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision . . . while ‘may’ designates discretion. . . .”
• “The word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision . . . .”
• “The word ‘shall’ is generally used to designate a mandatory provision ...[Id. at 310-311.] This Court also examined the contention on cross-appeal that MCL 500.134(4
• the word “may” is not a “word of command” unless the context or subject matter of the statute suggests that it was used that way

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).