League of United Latin American Citizens v. Ferrera

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• concluding that losing candidate lacked standing to challenge result of primary where he could not show he lost because of disciplinary petition filed against him
• holding that the plaintiff could not amend his complaint, because he did not seek to amend and, did not offer any ways that he could address the fatal jurisdictional flaws in his case, and because amendment would be futile
• explaining that a judgment in favor of the plaintiff would not likely ameliorate his alleged injury because of the involvement of third parties
• failure to meet any one of the three criteria for Article III standing requires dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1)
• “[T]he issue in the causation inquiry is whether the alleged injury can be traced to the defendant’s challenged conduct, rather than to that of some other actor not before the court.” (internal quotations and citation omitted)

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