39 Cited authorities

Ashcroft v. Iqbal
556 U.S. 662 (2009) Cited 252,544 times 279 Legal Analyses
Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable
Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife
504 U.S. 555 (1992) Cited 27,821 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 3,050 times 169 Legal Analyses
Holding that respondents could not establish injury by relying on a "speculative chain of possibilities"
List v. Driehaus
573 U.S. 149 (2014) Cited 1,956 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that a state government's credible threat of prosecting the plaintiffs under a statute criminalizing false statements about candidates during a political campaign established standing in a facial pre-enforcement challenge
Katz v. United States
389 U.S. 347 (1967) Cited 12,470 times 74 Legal Analyses
Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"
Rakas v. Illinois
439 U.S. 128 (1978) Cited 6,382 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that the determinative question is "whether the person who claims the protection of the Amendment has a legitimate expectation of privacy in the invaded place"
Allen v. Wright
468 U.S. 737 (1984) Cited 4,755 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that, even when plaintiffs allege "one of the most serious injuries recognized in our legal system," it's not justiciable where "the chain of causation between the challenged Government conduct and the asserted injury are far too weak for the chain as a whole to sustain respondents' standing"
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
561 U.S. 139 (2010) Cited 1,142 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiffs, alfalfa farmers, had standing based on a causal chain, though plaintiffs did not identify particular alfalfa plants that had been, or would necessarily be, pollinated by bees who carried the genetically engineered gene at issue
Raines v. Byrd
521 U.S. 811 (1997) Cited 1,765 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic
547 U.S. 47 (2006) Cited 813 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that nothing about having military recruiters on campus "suggests that law schools agree with any speech by recruiters"
Section 1801 - Definitions
50 U.S.C. § 1801 Cited 280 times 10 Legal Analyses
Defining "United States person" to be a "citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" or certain unincorporated associations or corporations with ties to the United States
Section 1881a - Procedures for targeting certain persons outside the United States other than United States persons
50 U.S.C. § 1881a Cited 75 times 11 Legal Analyses
Permitting review of FISA orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Wikimedia Foundation et al v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service et al

39 Cited authorities

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

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 a state government's credible threat of prosecting the plaintiffs under a statute criminalizing false statements about candidates during a political campaign established standing in a facial pre-enforcement challenge

Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"

Holding that the determinative question is "whether the person who claims the protection of the Amendment has a legitimate expectation of privacy in the invaded place"

Holding that plaintiffs, alfalfa farmers, had standing based on a causal chain, though plaintiffs did not identify particular alfalfa plants that had been, or would necessarily be, pollinated by bees who carried the genetically engineered gene at issue

Holding specifically and only that "individual members of Congress [lack] Article III standing"

Holding that nothing about having military recruiters on campus "suggests that law schools agree with any speech by recruiters"

Defining "United States person" to be a "citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" or certain unincorporated associations or corporations with ties to the United States

Permitting review of FISA orders by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court