Standing

Definition

A legal requirement that a person bringing a lawsuit must show they have suffered or will imminently suffer a concrete injury caused by the defendant's actions. In challenges to laws not yet enforced against the plaintiff, there must be a sufficiently credible threat of enforcement.

Examples

• •Colorado argued in a footnote that Chiles lacks standing because the state interprets its statute not to cover her intended conduct, but both lower courts found standing and Colorado did not cross-appeal.

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