Small v. General Nutrition Companies, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in the context of associational standing, the association’s standing is coterminous with that of its injured members
• noting that representational standing may be substantiated through affidavit of one member alleging specific instance of ADA violation
• “[Bjecause associational standing exists only insofar as organization members have standing, associational standing may not be broader or more extensive than the standing of the organization’s members.”
• “[A] plaintiffs showing that he ‘live[s] in close proximity’ to the public accommodations he is challenging is clearly insufficient to establish standing.”
• court finds “persuasive [ ] the Third Circuit’s analysis of the third Hunt prong”
• plaintiff seeking injunctive relief must show plausible intention to return to place but for access barriers; intent to return to place of injury “some day” is insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).