Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 27,807 times 138 Legal AnalysesHolding that the elements of standing "must be supported in the same way as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof"
Hollingsworth v. Perry
570 U.S. 693 (2013) Cited 944 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding that proponents of a ballot initiative who "ha[d] no role ... in the enforcement of " the initiative and were not "agents of the State" lacked standing to defend it on appeal
Simon v. E. Ky. Welfare Rights Org.
426 U.S. 26 (1976) Cited 3,184 times 6 Legal AnalysesHolding plaintiffs who sued IRS lacked standing where they hoped reversal of IRS rule would " ‘discourage’ hospitals from denying their services to" plaintiffs, but whether hospitals had denied services based on the existing rule remained unclear and, even if the rule were reversed, hospitals would remain free to not provide services to plaintiffs
Scott v. Edinburg
346 F.3d 752 (7th Cir. 2003) Cited 717 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that "42 U.S.C. protects plaintiffs from constitutional violations, not violations of state law or ... departmental regulations and police practices."
Brownmark Films, LLC v. Comedy Partners
682 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2012) Cited 487 times 9 Legal AnalysesHolding that conversion, rather than incorporation, was appropriate to consider videos to assess fair-use defense and rejecting argument that incorporation-by-reference doctrine should be expended to "encourage courts to consider affirmative defenses on 12(b) motions and thereby reduce the threat of nuisance suits"
Mahon v. Ticor Title Ins. Co.
683 F.3d 59 (2d Cir. 2012) Cited 268 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that plaintiff needed to demonstrate standing with respect to each individual defendant she sought to sue
Kyle v. Morton High School
144 F.3d 448 (7th Cir. 1998) Cited 339 timesHolding that a civil-rights complaint was inadequate where the plaintiff alleged merely that he was terminated by his employer, a public school district, for "political and advocacy reasons," but "fail[ed] to identify any activity on his part, even in the most general terms, that triggered his termination."
Initiative Referendum Institute v. Walker
450 F.3d 1082 (10th Cir. 2006) Cited 261 timesFinding that plaintiffs—wildlife and animal advocacy groups—had standing where they faced a “credible threat of real consequences” from enforcement of a constitutional requirement that legislation “initiated to allow, limit or prohibit the taking of wildlife” be passed by a supermajority
Payton v. County of Kane
308 F.3d 673 (7th Cir. 2002) Cited 265 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding plaintiffs who suffered injury in two Illinois counties may have standing to represent a class suing nineteen Illinois counties if plaintiffs fulfill all the requirements of Rule 23
Bank of Am., N.A. v. Knight
725 F.3d 815 (7th Cir. 2013) Cited 181 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding that allegations that "the defendants looted the corporation" was insufficient because "[a]n allegation that someone looted a corporation does not propound a plausible contention that a particular person did anything wrong."
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 486,409 times 688 Legal AnalysesHolding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
Rule 5.1 - Constitutional Challenge to a Statute-Notice, Certification, and Intervention
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.1 Cited 615 times 3 Legal AnalysesPermitting the state attorney general to intervene when a party files a paper "drawing into question the constitutionality" of a state statute