Roger Potthoff, an Individual v. William Morin, in His Individual Capacity Port Authority of the City of St. Paul, a Public Corporation

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• holding that employee lacked standing to assert section 1983 claim when government agency terminated corporation's lease because of employee's criticism of the mayor
• holding that employee lacked standing to assert section 1983 claim when government agency terminated corporation’s lease because of employee’s criticism of the mayor
• holding that the shareholder standing rule applies to civil rights actions
• explaining that an individual shareholder’s § 1983 claim “can survive only if he has alleged that he personally has suffered a direct, nonderivative injury”
• explaining that a claim for injury to a corporation cannot be brought by a shareholder in his own name even if the injury results in devaluation of the corporation’s stock
• noting a corporation is an entity separate and distinct from its stockholders and its separate entity will generally be recognized

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