Standing Without Injury? ‘No-Injury’ Class Actions
The Washington Legal Foundation has posted a free on-demand webinar discussing the Spokeo case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court and the issue of “no-injury” class actions.
Spokeo Inc. v. Robbins raises the question whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm, and who therefore could not otherwise invoke the jurisdiction of a federal court, by authorizing a private right of action based on a bare violation of a federal statute, Mayer Brown says on its website. This question of Article III standing potentially impacts a wide variety of lawsuits that Mayer Brown views as “no-injury” class actions.
Mayer Brown represents the petitioner.