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Supreme Court· 5/19/1986

Bender v. Williamsport Area School District

Citations

  • 475 U.S. 534
  • 106 S. Ct. 1326
  • 89 L. Ed. 2d 501
  • 1986 U.S. LEXIS 35

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “every federal appellate court has a special obligation to satisfy itself ... of its own jurisdiction”
  • holding that because sole appellant had no standing \Court of Appeals was without [both] jurisdiction to hear the appeal\ and \authority to decide the merits\
  • holding that because sole appellant had no standing “Court of Appeals was without [both] jurisdiction to hear the appeal” and “authority to decide the merits”
  • holding that a member of the school board who “has no personal stake in the outcome of the litigation” had no standing
  • holding that a school board member who “has no personal stake in the outcome of the litigation” lacked standing
  • holding that there was nothing in the record “to support the suggestion that relief was sought against [the officials] in [their] individual capacity.”

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Judges: Stevens, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, O'Connor, Burger, White, Rehnquist, Powell

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Cites

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