Posey v. State of California

How courts have described this case

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

• drawing a distinction between regulations having the force of law and policy manuals or recommended procedures which lack the force of law
• interpreting statute providing that police \may\ remove car from road when it creates hazard as granting discretionary authority and not imposing duty
• “The meaning of the word ‘may’ in the statute .... affords the [police] officer ... permissive authority, not an obligatory duty_”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).