Chiles v. Phelps

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that members of the public have standing to enforce a public right
• stating that a provision of the Florida Constitution limiting special sessions of the legislature to a period that \shall not exceed twenty consecutive days\ set \only outer limits on the length of special sessions\
• challenging the authority of the Legislature to override a veto, not the merits of the decision to override
• “We have stated that under ordinary circumstances, the constitutionality of a statute should be challenged by way of a declaratory judgment action in circuit court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).