State v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• “whether ‘shall’ is mandatory or discretionary will depend ... upon the context in which it is used and the legislative intent expressed in the statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-09· cited 23×
• La. Seafood Management Council v. La. Wildlife and Fisheries Com'n
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1998-05-19· cited 17×
• Vidal v. Rivas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-01-16· cited 3×
• State v. Hull
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-07-05· cited 2×
• State of Washington v. Darrell F. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-09
• Ash v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-11-30
• Jeff Lieberman, Etc. v. James Sloto, Etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2025-03-05

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Atwaters v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-01-28· cited 44×
• Allied Fidelity Ins. Co. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-06-15· cited 40×
• Roanoke Memorial Hospitals v. Kenley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 37×
• Starks v. Kentucky Health Facilities
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1984-07-06· cited 19×
• State v. Mesa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-03-01· cited 18×
• Cuevas v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-02-27· cited 16×
• University of South Florida v. Tucker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-05-23· cited 11×
• Baldassarre v. West Oregon Lumber Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1952-12-12· cited 11×
• State v. Castanedo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-04-26· cited 6×
• Ewing v. Kaplan
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-07-16· cited 6×
• Magnuson v. County of Grand Forks
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1959-06-20· cited 6×
• State v. McCluster
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-05-24· cited 5×