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Standing
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Moral Obligations and Legal Malpractice
The essentials of legal malpractice litigation, including standing and ascertainable pecuniary loss come up over and over in the Appellate Division cases. Young v Quatela 2013 NY Slip Op 02243 Decided…
Class Defense Blog
Do the Plaintiffs Lack Standing or Are Their Claims Simply Meritless—or Both?
Here’s the situation: You’re facing a class action in federal court in which the plaintiffs define the putative class so broadly as to encompass many people who weren’t injured by…
The Faculty Lounge
Why Standing Exists in Windsor But Not in Hollingsworth
In today's Best of the Web column in the Wall Street Journal, James Taranto writes: "It seems to us it would be odd for the justices to hold that the…
PrawfsBlawg
Line of the Day–Non-Marriage Edition
Main Tuesday, March 26, 2013Line of the Day--Non-Marriage EditionPeople have been tweeting and writing about various lines to come out of yesterday's arguments in Hollingsworth, whether played for laughs or…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Hollingsworth v. Perry, California’s Prop 8 Case Oral Arguments in the United States Supreme Court
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The first of the two closely-watched same sex marriage cases to be argued before the United States this morning prompted much tweeting and predictions, as well as the promised early…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Oral Argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hollingsworthv. Perry, the first of two cases on same-sex marriage. The argument transcript and audio are available on the Supreme Court’s website.As…
Understanding the ADA
Getting to first base: what you need to show standing in title II or title III cases
In our system, the judiciary, in general, does not render advisory opinions . There are a couple of exceptions. Some states have a system, such as Massachusetts, whereby a legislature…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Goldberg on Article III standing in the SCOTUS same-sex marriage cases (Perry and Windsor)
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Universityof Pennsylvania Law Review Online has a featured essay by Suzanne B. Goldberg(Columbia) entitled Article IIIDouble-Dipping: Proposition 8's Sponsors, BLAG, and the Government's Interest. It begins:A major procedural question looms…
Technology and AI
Standing Up On Standing, Part II: North Carolina Court Permits Defendant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees Against Serial Plaintiff
By Chris Palamountain Last year, we wrote about North Carolina federal courts’ dismissals of ADA Title III claims filed by serial litigant Denise Payne, an individual with cerebral palsy and…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Hospital Lacks Standing Without Proper Authorization
In MHA, LLC v. Aetna Health, Inc., 2013 WL 705612 (D.N.J. Feb. 25, 2013), a district court held that a hospital lacked standing to bring a claim for benefits under…