In Re Melodie L.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, when a court exercises judicial authority pursuant to a statute, such authority “must be expressly provided or exist by plain implication.... [The exercised authority] must be necessary and essential to carry out the purposes of the statute.” (citations omitted)
• noting the issue of whether the court had “properly acquired jurisdiction to consider the issues presented through the timely notice of appeal from the order of the referee”
• applying rule to employer’s breach of agreement to pay retirees’ periodic health insurance premiums
• “Any unauthorized action taken by a court is void.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).