Willett v. Cerro Gordo County Zoning Board of Adjustment

How courts have described this case

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

• finding the “must” requirement to obtain governmental permits before submitting the special use application was directory as no prejudice occurred because property owner was required to submit the permits prior to commencing the operation
• discussing use of the word “shall” in matters of statutory construction
• describing the purpose of special use permits in the same way
• “[S]tatutory provisions fixing the time, form and mode of proceeding of public functionaries are directory because they are not of the essence of the thing to be done but are designed to secure system, uniformity and dispatch in public business.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).