Eleventh Circuit· 8/20/2007
Dillard v. Chilton County Commission
Citations
- 495 F.3d 1324
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 19745
- 2007 WL 2350246
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[S]tanding is a threshold jurisdictional question which must be addressed prior to and independent of the merits of a party’s claims.”
- \[S]tanding is a threshold jurisdictional question which must be addressed prior to and independent of the merits of a party's claims.\
- “[S]tanding is a threshold jurisdictional question which must be addressed . . . independent of the merits of a party’s claims.”
- “Any party, whether original or intervening, that seeks relief from a federal court must have standing to pursue its claims.”
- no injury in fact for VRA claim where the allegation was “an undifferentiated harm suffered in common by all citizens of the county”
- “Intervenors must show independent standing to continue a suit if the original parties on whose behalf intervention was sought settle or otherwise do not remain adverse parties in the litigation.”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Black, Ebel
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