Sears Home Improvement Products, Inc. v. Porterfield

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• holding existing cable franchise, not being within zone of interests protected by state’s cable laws, has no standing to raise claims as to general fitness of potential competitor
• “[w]e will not impute to the legislature an intent that is not apparent from unambiguous statutory language in the absence of a compelling reason to do so”
• \[w]e will not impute to the legislature an intent that is not apparent from unambiguous statutory language in the absence of a compelling reason to do so\
• “[a]n existing competitor [that is] not . . . within the zone of interests protected [by a statute] has no standing to raise claims as to the general fitness of an applicant”
• in considering whether a plaintiffs interest has been injuriously affected ... we have looked to whether the injury he complains of [his aggrievement, or the adverse effect upon him] falls within the zone of interests sought to be protected . . .
• electors cannot file administrative appeal to vindicate interests of the taxing district

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).