Wilson v. Colwell

How courts have described this case

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

• only one whose personal interests are directly affected by operation of statute can challenge its constitutional validity
• statute repealing a statute of limitations “in truth concerned] the remedy open to a party” and did not relate to the powers of the courts
• “Only those directly affected as to some personal interest by the operation of a statute can question its validity.”
• “A statute of limitations in truth concerns the remedy open to a party,” not powers of the courts
• \The popular initiative relates to legislation. . . . The judicial department of government cannot interfere with the ordinary processes of legislation\
• petition’s impact considered in rejecting argument that petition contained excluded subjects

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).