Gray v. City of Valley Park, Mo.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that federal courts must “satisfy themselves” that jurisdictional requirements are met “before reaching the merits of a case”
• considering but ultimately not applying the doctrine where a party took inconsistent positions before the district and appellate courts.
• recognizing the doctrine of judicial estoppel and its purpose
• owners of rental properties had to incur costs in altering their hiring procedures to ensure that they complied with the challenged ordinance
• the plaintiff has standing if his or her conduct is clearly proscribed by the government regulation
• “[T]he discretionary determination to apply the doctrine of judicial estoppel is made on a case-by-case basis.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).