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To: Steve Rayner <srayner@earthlink.net>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: "shall" means "may"
Cairo & Fulton R.R. Co. v. Hecht,
95 U.S. 170; George Williams College
v. Village of Williams Bay, 7 N.W.2d 891;
Gow v. Consolidated Coppermines Corp.,
165 Atlantic 136.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
http://www.supremelaw.com
At 10:14 PM 7/15/97, you wrote:
>Hello Paul,
>
>I have spent a good part of the evening looking for the supreme Court (I
>believe it was) decision were it was ruled that whenever a statute requires
>a waiver of a Constitutionally protected right, that if in a statute the
>term "shall" is used, it can be construed to mean "may."
>
>I've probably butchered the up the wording a bit, but if you could help me
>track it down, I would appreciate it.
>
>Thanks for your time,
>
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