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Why is particularized injury needed for standing to sue in a civil environmental case, but not under this abortion law? Is that just a federal rule? If you did
by hirundo 5y ago
Why is particularized injury needed for standing to sue in a civil environmental case, but not under this abortion law? Is that just a federal rule? If you did have to show that you were harmed by a particular act of the defendant it would greatly limit the scope of such laws.
- klyrs 5y agoThis is the part that baffles me the most about the law. As far as I know, if two people are harmed by your action they can each sue you independently. What's to stop a lawyer from finding an already-settled lawsuit, reproducing the evidence from public record, and trying it again?
- bcrosby95 5y agoNot a lawyer, but it seems like state law can create standing in state courts: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/standing https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/standing
- wavefunction 5y agoI believe that's for criminal offenses, which this Texas legislation does not contain. I am not a lawyer, just what I read from actual lawyers. Qui tam lawsuits allow a private citizen to bring suit on behalf of the government but I don't believe this legislation qualifies under those standards.