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Court of Appeals of Maryland· 3/4/2021

Uthus v. Valley Mill Camp

Citations

  • 472 Md. 378

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that this Court has a “long history” of interpreting the statutory term “may” as a discretionary term and “shall” as a mandatory term
  • noting that this Court has a “long history” of interpreting the statutory term “may” as a discretionary term and “shall” as a mandatory term
  • noting “this Court’s long history of interpreting the statutory term ‘may’ as discretionary, as opposed to the mandatory term ‘shall’”
  • describing the “Court’s long history of interpreting the statutory term ‘may’ as discretionary, as opposed to the mandatory term ‘shall’”
  • “Following this Court’s long history of interpreting the statutory term ‘may’ as discretionary, as opposed to the mandatory term ‘shall,’ we conclude that the wrongful detainer statute is permissive and not mandatory.”

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Judges: Hotten

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