23 Cited authorities

Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
578 U.S. 330 (2016) Cited 7,422 times 437 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing
Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 27,868 times 138 Legal Analyses
Holding 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"
Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA
568 U.S. 398 (2013) Cited 3,064 times 169 Legal Analyses
Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"
Summers v. Earth Island Inst.
555 U.S. 488 (2009) Cited 3,002 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that supplementation of the district court record to receive affidavits from the organization's members was not permitted "in the circumstances here: after the trial is over, judgment has been entered, and a notice of appeal has been filed"
Warth v. Seldin
422 U.S. 490 (1975) Cited 11,877 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"
Whitmore v. Arkansas
495 U.S. 149 (1990) Cited 2,854 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that a third party does not have "standing to challenge the validity of a death sentence imposed on a capital defendant who has elected to forgo his right of appeal"
Simon v. E. Ky. Welfare Rights Org.
426 U.S. 26 (1976) Cited 3,186 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding 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
Sierra Club v. Morton
405 U.S. 727 (1972) Cited 2,785 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff-organization did not establish Article III standing for injunctive relief where the organization failed to show that its members would be affected by the actions it sought to enjoin
Federal Election Comm'n v. Akins
524 U.S. 11 (1998) Cited 782 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement
Public Citizen v. Department of Justice
491 U.S. 440 (1989) Cited 789 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"
Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 Cited 346,341 times 923 Legal Analyses
Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,005 times 139 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
Section 1692e - False or misleading representations
15 U.S.C. § 1692e Cited 6,927 times 108 Legal Analyses
Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"
Section 1692k - Civil liability
15 U.S.C. § 1692k Cited 6,115 times 65 Legal Analyses
Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices
Section 15 - Suits by persons injured
15 U.S.C. § 15 Cited 5,677 times 35 Legal Analyses
Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."
Section 2 - Judicial Power and Jurisdiction
U.S. Const. art. III, § 2 Cited 10,527 times 4 Legal Analyses
Granting federal courts power only to resolve “cases” and “controversies”
Section 1692g - Validation of debts
15 U.S.C. § 1692g Cited 3,441 times 67 Legal Analyses
Setting forth requirements for disputing a debt
Section 1 - Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
15 U.S.C. § 1 Cited 2,912 times 68 Legal Analyses
Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"
Section 1681e - Compliance procedures
15 U.S.C. § 1681e Cited 1,350 times 61 Legal Analyses
Requiring "[e]very consumer reporting agency" to "maintain reasonable procedures . . . to limit the furnishing of consumer reports" to permissible purposes

Kausar v. GC Services Limited Partnership

23 Cited authorities

Holding that a statutory violation, without more, did not give rise to Article III standing

Holding 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"

Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"

Holding that supplementation of the district court record to receive affidavits from the organization's members was not permitted "in the circumstances here: after the trial is over, judgment has been entered, and a notice of appeal has been filed"

Holding that Article III requires plaintiffs "to establish that, in fact, the asserted injury was the consequence of the defendants' actions"

Holding that a third party does not have "standing to challenge the validity of a death sentence imposed on a capital defendant who has elected to forgo his right of appeal"

Holding that plaintiff-organization did not establish Article III standing for injunctive relief where the organization failed to show that its members would be affected by the actions it sought to enjoin

Holding that inability to procure information to which Congress has created a right in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 qualifies as concrete injury satisfying Article III's standing requirement

Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"

Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices

Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."

Granting federal courts power only to resolve “cases” and “controversies”

Setting forth requirements for disputing a debt

Making illegal "[e]very contract, combination ..., or conspiracy, in restraint of trade"

Requiring "[e]very consumer reporting agency" to "maintain reasonable procedures . . . to limit the furnishing of consumer reports" to permissible purposes