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).