In re the Detention of Carver

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an agency can \only exercise those powers which have been conferred upon it by the Legislature in clear and unmistakable language\
• holding that an agency may exercise only those powers that have been conferred upon it in clear and unmistakable statutory language
• holding that the Insurance Department lacked express authority to order an insurer to cease practices not prohibited by law but that the department found harmful to policyholders
• stating that an agency can only exercise powers “conferred upon it by the Legislature in clear and unmistakable language”
• noting that an administrative agency may exercise only those powers conferred by the legislature
• reiterating the principle that agencies can exercise only those powers expressly conferred upon it by the legislature

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).