Article III / Standing

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Earl v. The Boeing Co.

November 21, 2022

Fifth Circuit reverses class certification and remands with instructions to dismiss for lack of Article III standing. The U.S. Chamber filed two amicus briefs supporting this outcome.

Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc.

September 8, 2022

En banc Eleventh Circuit holds that plaintiff lacks standing to assert a bare procedural violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The court concluded that plaintiff’s claim was not...

Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

August 30, 2022

Divided Fifth Circuit panel holds (1) that plaintiffs had standing to bring citizen suit seeking penalties for Clean Air Act violations on 3,651 violation days; and (2) that $14.25 million penalty...

Xavier v. Evenflo Co.

July 29, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging First Circuit to dismiss no-injury class action.

Winsor v. Sequoia Benefits and Insurance Services LLC

May 16, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in Ninth Circuit arguing that plaintiffs lack standing to sue their employer’s health insurance broker for its receipt of commissions from third-party insurers.

Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc.

January 18, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging en banc Eleventh Circuit to hold that Article III standing requires class action plaintiffs to prove an injury that satisfies traditional common...

Earl v. The Boeing Co.

January 14, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to hold that district courts must consider the Article III standing of absent class members and conduct rigorous ascertainability analysis...

Bank of America Corp. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC

January 10, 2022

Supreme Court declines to review whether an action filed by non-existent plaintiffs is a nullity that cannot be saved by joinder of a real party in interest at some future date. The U.S. Chamber...

Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc.

November 22, 2021

Eleventh Circuit orders that the case be reheard en banc. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief supporting rehearing.

Bank of America Corp. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC

November 4, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to grant writ of certiorari and hold that an action filed by non-existent plaintiffs is a nullity that cannot be saved by joinder of a real...