· 4/16/1986
MH by and Through Callahan v. State
Citations
- 385 N.W.2d 533
- 60 A.L.R. 4th 929
- 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1152
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing motion to dismiss is properly sustained if the court can “conclude that no state of facts is conceivable under which plaintiffs might prove their right of recovery”
- recognizing motion to dismiss is properly sustained if the court can “conclude that no state of facts is conceivable under which plaintiffs might prove their right of recovery”
- requiring one when the legislature has elsewhere “explicitly addressed situations when civil liability attaches”
- where statute does not expressly authorize private suits, no cause of action absent legislative intent
- where statute does not expressly authorize private suits, no cause of action absent legislative intent
- “When a statute does not expressly authorize private suits it is a matter of legislative intent whether there is an implied cause of action.”
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Judges: Harris, Larson, Schultz, Carter, Wolle
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