Sullivan v. Credit River Township

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that statute that “does not declare the consequences of a failure to comply may be construed as a directory statute” and failure to comply with statute does not necessarily invalidate actions taken pursuant to statute
• stating that when a statute fails to provide consequences for failure to comply it is directory rather than mandatory
• stating that when a statute fails to provide consequences for failure to comply it is directory rather than mandatory
• recognizing statute that does not state consequences of failure to comply is directory
• refusing to invalidate actions that were the result of a closed meeting because the law was directory, rather than mandatory
• statute that does not express consequences of failure to comply with its provisions is directory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kahn v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-08-11· cited 94×
• Ridgewood Development Co. v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-05-30· cited 63×
• Hans Hagen Homes, Inc. v. City of Minnetrista
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2007-03-15· cited 47×
• State v. Nordquist
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1981-08-03· cited 45×
• Mesaba Aviation Division of Halvorson of Duluth, Inc. v. County of Itasca
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-09-30· cited 44×
• St. Cloud Newspapers, Inc. v. District 742 Community Schools
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-03-25· cited 42×
• Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. v. City of Afton
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-08-27· cited 33×
• Nageotte v. Board of Supervisors of King George County
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 29×
• Slawson v. Alabama Forestry Com'n
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-01-14· cited 22×
• Demolition Landfill Services, LLC v. City of Duluth
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2000-04-25· cited 22×
• Application of Crown CoCo, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1990-07-10· cited 16×
• Manco of Fairmont, Inc. v. Town Board of Rock Dell Township
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-08-25· cited 15×
• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency v. Boyne
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-05-28· cited 13×
• State, City of Eden Prairie v. Liepke
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1987-03-31· cited 13×
• Itasca County Board of Commissioners v. Olson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-08-20· cited 12×
• Wilmington Federation of Teachers v. Howell
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1978-02-18· cited 9×
• Petition of D & a Truck Line, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-11-01· cited 8×
• Merz v. Leitch
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-01-13· cited 6×
• Savre v. Independent School District No. 283
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-04-17· cited 5×
• Lewis v. Town of Nederland
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1996-08-08· cited 4×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adler v. City Council
  California Court of Appeal· 1960-09-22· cited 55×
• In Re Petition for Removal of Rice
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1962-03-12· cited 32×
• Gowanlock v. Turner
  California Supreme Court· 1954-02-24· cited 20×
• State ex rel. Ferro v. Oellermann
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1970-09-22· cited 8×
• Severson v. Engbarth
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1965-05-07· cited 5×