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· 11/20/2014

Tony W. Strickland v. Richard T. Alexander

Citations

  • 772 F.3d 876
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 22060
  • 2014 WL 6480542

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the justiciability doctrine “aims to prevent the judiciary from infringing on the powers of the executive and legislative branches”
  • explaining that a federal court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over a plaintiffs claim if the plaintiff lacks standing
  • explaining that a federal court lacks subject- matter jurisdiction over a plaintiff’s claim if the plaintiff lacks standing
  • explaining that being “essentially a sitting duck” supported prospective standing
  • “[Unjunc-tions regulate future conduct only; they do not provide relief for past injuries already incurred and over with.”
  • “[T]he fact that ‘[defendant’s] duties are ministerial in nature’ [does not] somehow render [plaintiff’s] injury not fairly traceable to [defendant].”

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Judges: Wilson, Rosenbaum, Schlesinger

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