· 1/31/2011
Equal Rights Center v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Citations
- 767 F. Supp. 2d 510
- 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9841
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that The Equal Rights Center, while it lacked organizational standing, had associational standing to litigate the alleged discrimination against its members
- confining scope of associational standing in ADA case to locations where members of plaintiff organization had actually “encounter[ed] barriers” and stores they had been “deterred from patronizing”
- \[D]iversion of funds and frustration of an organization's missions are injuries sufficient to establish standing under Article III....\
- “Congress has not evinced an intention to eliminate prudential limitations on standing to assert claims under Title III of the ADA.”
- finding standing for plaintiffs seeking declaratory relief under the ADA
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Judges: J. Frederick Motz
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