KAILEY v. Chambers

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the General Assembly may change common law through legislation “manifest[ing] its intent expressly or by clear implication”
• use of the word “may” in a statute generally denotes discretion and a choice between two or more courses of action
• “[I]n American jurisprudence at least, a private citizen [ordinarily] lacks a judicially cognizable interest in the prosecution or nonprosecution of another.” (quoting Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614, 619 (1973))
• private citizens lack standing to enforce criminal statutes
• private citizens lack standing to enforce criminal statutes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).