Court Opinion

ID: 9498910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 17:32:11.035992+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:59:09.665752
License: Public Domain

FLAUM, Chief Judge,
concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc.
Along with Judge Easterbrook, my vote to deny the petition for rehearing en banc is not premised upon a conclusion that the taxpayer standing issue as addressed in the panel opinion is free from doubt. Indeed, the position set forth in the dissent is one which could eventually command high court endorsement. However, the obvious tension which has evolved in this area of jurisprudence, as evidenced by the scholarly opinions of Judge Posner and Judge Ripple, can only be resolved by the Supreme Court. In my judgment, the needed consideration of this important issue by that tribunal would be unnecessarily delayed by our further deliberation.