Terry v. Sencindiver

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that absent a showing of a contrary intent, the word “shall ... should be afforded a mandatory connotation”
• “The word ‘shall’ in the absence of language in the statute showing a contrary intent on the part of the legislature, should be afforded a mandatory connotation.”
• “The word ‘shall’, in the absence of language in the statute showing a contrary intent, should be afforded a mandatory connotation.”
• “The word ‘shall,’ in the absence of language in the statute showing a contrary intent . . . should be afforded a mandatory connotation.”
• “The word ‘shall’, in the absence of language in the statute showing a contrary intent, should be afforded a mandatory connotation.”
• “The word ‘shall’ in the absence of language in the statute showing a contrary intent on the part of the legislature, should be afforded a mandatory connotation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).