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· 7/14/1986

Tennant v. Roys

Citations

  • 722 P.2d 848
  • 44 Wash. App. 305

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “should” and “shall” are distinguishable
  • finding the word \should\ in a statute to mean that the directive was advisory, in part because of the legislature's use of the word \shall\ in the same statute

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Judges: Revelle

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