Topic
Standing
1,059 published works
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Another Health Care Reform Challenge Dismissed
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Judge Keith Starrett (S.D. Miss.) today dismissed a challenge to the individual health insurance mandate in the federal Affordable Care Act. The case, Bryant v. Holder, involved private Mississippians who…
The Appellate Strategist
California Supreme Court Establishes Economic Injury Threshold for Unfair Competition and False Advertising Claims
By Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
The California Supreme Court has declared that “labels matter,” and that under California’s Unfair Competition Law, a consumer’s subjective sense of feeling duped translates to a cognizable economic injury. The…
Ad Law Access
D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds “Injury-in-fact” Requirement for Standing Under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday, an en banc panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld two separate trial court determinations that a plaintiff must suffer “injury-in-fact” before initiating a claim under the District…
The Faculty Lounge
Today’s Prop 8 Decision – Increasing the Chances of Mootness Before the Supreme Court Gets the Case
Back in August, I wrote that the Prop 8 case might never get decided by the Supreme Court. The theory was that by the time the Supreme Court could hear…
Inside Privacy
Starbucks Employees Affected By Data Breach Have Standing To Sue In Federal Court
Last week, the Ninth Circuit issued two opinions in connection with the theft of an unencrypted laptop that contained personal information about Starbucks employees. First, the court held in a…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Vague Assertions of Injury Do Not Establish Environmental Plaintiffs’ Standing
The Sixth Circuit held today that two non-profit corporations lack standing to challenge certain decisions of the United States Forest Service relating to its management of the Daniel Boone National Forest. …
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Dismisses Targeted Killing Case
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Judge John D. Bates (D.D.C.) today dismissed Nasser Al-Aulaqi's case on behalf of his son, Anwar Al-Aulaqi, to stop the administration from killing his son. Anwar is a U.S. citizen tagged…
PropertyProf Blog
Foreclosure, and Planting the Seeds of a Future Crisis
By propertyprof
To get a sense of how badly the legal system has responded to the foreclosure crisis, consider this: we are three years into it, hundreds of thousands have lost their…
Chicago IP Litigation
Marking With Expired Patent Sufficient for Pleading Intent
Simonian v. Bunn-O-Matic Corp., No. 10 C 1203, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Aug. 23, 2010) (Zagel, J.). Judge Zagel stayed plaintiff Simonian's false patent marking case pending the Federal Circuit's…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
SCOTUS Cert Grant of Interest: Bond v. United States
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The Supreme Court granted certiorari yesterday in Bond v. United States (No. 09-1227). The question presented is: “Whether a criminal defendant convicted under a federal statute has standing to challenge…