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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

1,112 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Bender v. Williamsport Area School District

8 other CourtListener records share this case name.

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.