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· 3/30/1976

Baxley v. Rutland

Citations

  • 409 F. Supp. 1249

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Allen requires that a public official have a personal stake in the matter beyond that represented by his official responsibility to uphold the constitution
  • discussing the same issue both in terms of standing and capacity to sue
  • “The subjective opinion of the Attorney General without any other personal stake in the outcome is too weak a base to support the concept of standing and the jurisdictional requirement of a case or controversy between parties with adversary interests.”

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Judges: Rives, Johnson, Varner

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