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Circumventing Standing To Appeal, Ryan W. Scott
Circumventing Standing To Appeal, Ryan W. Scott
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The requirement of standing to sue in federal court is familiar, but the related requirement of standing to appeal within the Article III judiciary is badly undertheorized. The Supreme Court’s opinions suggest (at least) four constitutional rationales. Standing to appeal might serve the same functional purposes as standing to sue, or it might follow from the fact that appeals involve two separate courts, or it might be triggered because the underlying case or controversy has become moot, or because it has reached the point of final judgment.
Compounding the confusion, the requirement of standing to appeal can have troubling consequences …