Court Opinion

ID: 9462248
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:36:19.99398+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:37:29.772050
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MacKINNON, Circuit Judge
(concurring):
In my opinion, the Ripon Society has no standing to bring this suit, and I would therefore direct the dismissal of the complaint as to it. Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War, 418 U.S. 208, 224, 94 S.Ct. 2925, 41 L.Ed.2d 706 (1974); Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 U.S. 727, 739, 92 S.Ct. 1361, 1368, 31 L.Ed.2d 636 (1972) (“[A] mere ‘interest in a problem,’ no matter how longstanding the interest and how qualified the organization is in evaluating the problem, is not sufficient by itself to *590[confer standing on the organization.]”). Of course, the presence of the individual plaintiffs, who do have standing, means that Ripon’s lack of standing is not fatal to this action.
With the above exception, I concur in Judge McGowan’s opinion.