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A second factor in the ruling on standing: The new appellants entered the case too late.
Depending on what the Supreme Court decides, a ruling on standing could provoke a fight over whether the San Francisco judge's decision applies statewide or only to the two couples who sued or the counties where they live, Los Angeles and Alameda.
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In fact, the Court avoided one, ruling on procedural grounds that the party appealing the case lacked the legal standing to pursue it.
Most observers say a ruling dismissing the case on standing grounds is more likely in the Proposition 8 case.
* He is not ruling out standing for the leadership of the Conservative Party when David Cameron steps down.
Nothing prevents the Court from ruling on King even if the plaintiffs don't have standing to sue, but legal experts say the justices should at least address the issue.
Because the state of California decided not to defend its own law in court and left the task to its original proponents, the Supreme Court could determine that the people who appealed the previous ruling on the lawsuit, which struck down Prop 8, did not have the legal standing to do so, and thus avoid ruling on the substantive issues at hand.
Rather than ruling on the fundamental issue, the court said Fouchier and his employer … didn't have standing to sue the Dutch government, putting them back at square one".
But an appellate court struck down that decision, ruling on procedural grounds that Disability Advocates, the nonprofit organization that brought the lawsuit, never had legal standing to sue.
But last year Justice John P. Dunne, while not ruling on the malpractice claim -- a trial would resolve that -- upheld Mr. Langan's spousal standing to sue.
Rather than ruling on the fundamental issue, the court said Fouchier and his employer Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands didn't have standing to sue the Dutch government, putting them back at square one.
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