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· 11/8/2023

City of Atlanta v. Clifford Clark

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  • finding that a petitioner lacked competitor standing where it did not allege any financial injury
  • noting that, in “garden variety competitor standing cases” the “chain of causation” is “firmly rooted in the basic law of economics” (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • “basic law[s] of economics” hold that increased competition leads to actual injury (quotation omitted)
  • competitor standing is “premised on the petitioner’s status as a direct and current competitor whose bottom line may be adversely affected by the challenged government action”
  • competitor standing is “premised on the petitioner’s status as a direct and current competitor whose bottom line may be adversely affected by the challenged government action”
  • radio-station licensee did not have standing to challenge FCC's renewal of another firm's license for a station that did not itself compete with the challenger, where only possible future competition was shown

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