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Interstate Commerce Commission V. American Trucking Associations, Inc. Jan 1986

Interstate Commerce Commission V. American Trucking Associations, Inc.

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


New York: The Right To Discharge At-Will Employees Post Weiner, John V. Dember Jan 1986

New York: The Right To Discharge At-Will Employees Post Weiner, John V. Dember

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem Jan 1986

Congressional Standing To Sue: Whose Vote Is This, Anyway?, R. Lawrence Dessem

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The article is divided into three major sections. Section I traces the development of a separate doctrine of “congressional standing.” It examines the doctrine's development from the Supreme Court's initial consideration of legislative standing through the current opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Section II then analyzes three possible theories of congressional injury and standing. Derivative, representative, and third-party standing theories are all rejected as a basis for congressional standing. While rejecting the suggestion that congressmen possess a personal interest in “their” votes sufficient to constitute the “distinct and palpable injury” required …