Novartis Seeds, Inc. v. Monsanto Company

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• noting that the argument that plaintiff did not have right to enforce license agreement because of an assignment did not go to jurisdiction
• noting that the argument that plaintiff did not have right to enforce license agreement because of an assignment did not go to jurisdiction
• noting that the argument that plaintiff did not have right to enforce license agreement because of an assignment did not go to jurisdiction
• finding plaintiff alleging breach of contract had Article III standing and rejecting argument that merits defense defeats standing because “the distinction between such a defense and subject-matter jurisdiction is a vital one”
• to have standing, plaintiff must allege judicially cognizable and redressable injury, fairly traceable to defendant’s conduct
• “[T]he distinction between [merits questions] ... and subject-matter jurisdiction is a vital one.”

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