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Standing
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
NYTimes Op-Ed: Greenhouse Identifies Standing as Major Upcoming Issue
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In today's online edition of the New York Times, Linda Greenhouse argues that standing will be an important legal issue in the upcoming challenges to the stem cell research decision…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Rejects Standing Based on Informational Injury
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled in The Wilderness Society v. Rey that The Wilderness Society's claim for "informational injury" was insufficient to support Article III standing under the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Petition to Mandate California Governor File an Appeal in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (Proposition 8) Decision
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
UPDATE: THE PETITION HAS BEEN DENIED. Brief Order here.The possibility that the "proponents" of Proposition 8 who participated in the trial but may nevertheless lack standing to appeal has provoked a…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Meier on Causation and Standing
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Luke Meier (Baylor Law School) has posted Causation and Standing to SSRN. Abstract: To satisfy the standing requirements deriving from the “case” or “controversy” language of Article III, a plaintiff…
Chicago IP Litigation
False Patent Marking Standing Motion Decided Without Briefing
Simonian v. Merck & Co., No. 10 C 1297, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. June 1, 2010) (Shadur, Sen. J.). In response to defendant Merck's motion to dismiss plaintiff's false patent…
Real Property & Environmental Law Alert
“Standing” Up for Yourself: Landowner Can Appeal Denial of Use Variance When a Contract Purchaser Filed the Variance Application
Agreements for the sale of real property are commonly contingent upon the contract purchaser's obtaining some sort of development approval. If the approval is not granted, the contract purchaser can…
Drug & Device Law
Standing Up To Pain Pump Litigation
We don't subscribe to the theory of collective conscience, though when Julie Delpy talks about it in Waking Life it's hard to disagree. Still, there are times when you find…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Losing Standing after a Merger
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
In the vein of life mimicking possible exam questions - Morris James points out a recent case in the Delaware Chancery Court, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v Caiaf a ("TRS"). The…
Mass Tort Defense
Update on “Climate Change” Litigation — Vanishing Quorum
By Sean Wajert
Readers may recall my post about the Fifth Circuit granting the petition for rehearing en banc in Comer v. Murphy Oil. The case involves a lawsuit by
Ad Law Access
Another Missive from the Data Breach Front: Remote Risk of Identity Theft Does Not Confer Standing in Allison v. Aetna
By Kelley Drye
Allison v. Aetna, Inc., a recent opinion out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, adds to the burgeoning area of law that holds when a plaintiff fails to allege an…