Dorman v. Aiken Communications, Inc.

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• construing § 16-3-730, prohibiting publication of name of victim of criminal sexual conduct, as a criminal statute created primarily for the protection of the public, such that it does not create a private right of action
• construing § 16-3-730, prohibiting publication of name of victim of criminal sexual conduct, as a criminal statute created primarily for the protection of the public, such that it does not create a private right of action
• refusing to find a private right of action for “a criminal statute which provides only for criminal sanctions” because “[t]he primary consideration in deciding whether a private cause of action should be implied under a criminal statute is legislative intent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).