Traditional constitutional theory posits a narrow conception of the issues that a litigant properly may assert. A litigant may invoke only his own constitutional rights or immunities; he may challenge a statute only in the terms in which it is applied to him; and, in the application process, courts have broad power to construe the relevant statutory language so as to avoid constitutional difficulties. The Yazoo case is perhaps the best known example of judicial adherence to these canons. There, a railroad claimed that a statute mandating speedy settlement of all claims for lost or damaged freight contravened the fourteenth amendment. The railroad urged that, whatever the evidence in the case at bar, the general language of the statute pen...
In Spokeo v. Robins, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address the following question: Does Co...
The Supreme Court is charged with protecting the Constitution, but it is not a roving commission. It...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
Traditional constitutional theory posits a narrow conception of the issues that a litigant properly ...
When can a litigant assert someone else’s rights in federal court? The courts currently purport to a...
Third-party standing is relevant to a wide range of constitutional and statutory cases. The Supreme ...
No jurisdictional principle is more fundamental to the federal judiciary than the doctrine of standi...
The Supreme Court insists that Article III of the Constitution requires a litigant to have standing ...
The author examines the development and current status of third-party standing in the federal courts...
In Kowalski v. Tesmer, the Supreme Court held that attorneys lack standing to assert the rights of i...
It has been surprisingly difficult to extricate constitutional litigation from torts. In this Articl...
The standing, ripeness, and mootness doctrines are frequently criticized by those who seek greater a...
Standing is a precondition for any suit brought in federal court. This Commentary analyzes a Supreme...
The United States Supreme Court has recently reevaluated its concept of standing for claims involvin...
From the Introduction In the last Term at the United States Supreme Court [2022], standing was the c...
In Spokeo v. Robins, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address the following question: Does Co...
The Supreme Court is charged with protecting the Constitution, but it is not a roving commission. It...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...
Traditional constitutional theory posits a narrow conception of the issues that a litigant properly ...
When can a litigant assert someone else’s rights in federal court? The courts currently purport to a...
Third-party standing is relevant to a wide range of constitutional and statutory cases. The Supreme ...
No jurisdictional principle is more fundamental to the federal judiciary than the doctrine of standi...
The Supreme Court insists that Article III of the Constitution requires a litigant to have standing ...
The author examines the development and current status of third-party standing in the federal courts...
In Kowalski v. Tesmer, the Supreme Court held that attorneys lack standing to assert the rights of i...
It has been surprisingly difficult to extricate constitutional litigation from torts. In this Articl...
The standing, ripeness, and mootness doctrines are frequently criticized by those who seek greater a...
Standing is a precondition for any suit brought in federal court. This Commentary analyzes a Supreme...
The United States Supreme Court has recently reevaluated its concept of standing for claims involvin...
From the Introduction In the last Term at the United States Supreme Court [2022], standing was the c...
In Spokeo v. Robins, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address the following question: Does Co...
The Supreme Court is charged with protecting the Constitution, but it is not a roving commission. It...
The cause of action for damages to redress violations of constitutional rights is now firmly establi...