American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio, Detroit Local v. Independent Postal System of America, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “the general rule is that a private right of action is not maintainable under a criminal statute”
• recognizing only proper governmental authorities can enforce criminal laws and private parties have no right to do so
• noting that “the general rule is that a private right of action is not maintainable under a criminal statute”
• noting that “the general rule is that a private right of action is not maintainable under a criminal statute”
• noting that “the general rule is that a private right of action is not maintainable under a criminal statute”
• noting that governmental agency must be involved, as the test is inapplicable in disputes between only private parties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).