Pendleton School District 16R v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• although \shall\ can carry different meanings, context showed legislature intended to use word as a directive or a command that states a requirement
• use of the word “shall” in constitutional provision at issue signifies “a directive or a command that states a requirement”
• “[T]he courts may grant a declaratory judgment that the legislature failed to fully fund the public school system, if that is the case.”
• although “shall” can carry different meanings, context showed legislature intended to use word as a directive or a command that states a requirement
• declaration or injunction of kind sought by petitioners “would not be consistent with the reporting requirement”
• “The courts may grant a declaratory judgment that the legislature failed to fully fund the public school system [as required by Article VIII, section 8], if that is the case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).