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Standing
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: Birthers Have No Standing to Challenge Obama’s Presidency
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Ninth Circuit ruled last week in Drake v. Obama that a group of plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge President Obama's qualifications to be President under Article II, Section 1, on…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Proposition 8 and the Question of Constitutional Standing: In the California Supreme Court
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The question - - - certified by the Ninth Circuit to the California Supreme Court and heard in September - - - was this:Whether under Article II, Section 8 of…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Eighth Circuit Hears Oral Argument Yesterday On Challenge To The Health Care Statute; Plaintiffs’ Standing Is The Big Issue
If you have been following our blog for the last several months, you know that we’ve been covering all of the headline-making decisions in the legal challenges to the mandate…
Mass Tort Defense
Class Member Lacks Standing to Appeal Fees to Class Counsel
By Sean Wajert
Last week, the First Circuit dismissed for lack of standing a class member's challenge to the significant fee award to class counsel in the Volkswagen
CEQA Developments
Supreme Court Reaffirms Corporate CEQA Standing
Can a corporation challenge a business competitor’s or other entity’s project under CEQA when its real interests are commercial rather than environmental? In its recent decision upholding the City of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Oral Argument Review: Reynolds and Sex Offender Standing
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On Monday the Court heard oral argument in Reynolds v. United States on whether a sex offender convicted, sentenced, and released before the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act passed…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sex offender standing before SCOTUS this morning inReynolds
Main October 3, 2011Sex offender standing before SCOTUS this morning in ReynoldsAs explained in this helpful SCOTUSblog post, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments this morning in a sex offender…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Argument Preview: Standing to Challenge Medicaid Cuts in Douglas
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The second case the Court will hear this Term involves a critical question about access to the courts and constitutional enforcement: May a private party sue under the Supremacy Clause…
Chicago IP Litigation
Party Cannot Lack Standing to be Sued
Richards v. Burgett, Inc., No. 10 C 7580, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Apr. 4, 2011) (Lindberg, Sen. J.). Judge Lindberg denied the Burgett Bros. defendants' and the ASC defendant's motions…
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Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : September 26, 2011
When the original ruling came down from the Supreme Court, a majority of the discussion regarding Wal-Mart v. Dukes centered around the fact that we were going to be hearing…