Simmons v. Georgia Bureau of Investigation

How courts have described this case

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• stating that courts may “confirm the meaning reached by reference to the words of the statute by considering the purpose, goal or context of the statute”
• explaining that “shall” is ordinarily “regarded as a direct indication that the Legislature directed that certain conduct is required” (emphasis omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).