Opinion ID: 1506501
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Heading: Organizational Plaintiffs

Text: To establish standing, an association, such as ACLU or TEP, must show that: (1) its members would otherwise have standing to sue in their own right; (2) the interests it seeks to protect are germane to the organization's purpose; and (3) neither the claim asserted, nor the relief requested, requires the participation of individual members in the lawsuit. Citizens for Collierville, Inc. v. Town of Collierville, 977 S.W.2d 321, 323 (Tenn.Ct.App.1998) perm. app. denied (Tenn. Sept. 14, 1998); Curve Elementary Sch. Parent & Teacher's Org. v. Lauderdale County Sch. Bd., 608 S.W.2d 855, 858 (Tenn.Ct. App.1980), perm. app. denied (Tenn. June 30, 1980) (citing Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Comm'n, 432 U.S. 333, 97 S.Ct. 2434, 53 L.Ed.2d 383 (1977)). We need not belabor the analysis. Having previously determined that none of the individual or legislator Plaintiffs has standing to sue in his or her own right, we have no hesitation in concluding that ACLU and TEP lack standing to maintain this lawsuit.