American Civil Liberties Union v. City of Albuquerque

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} This appeal raises questions as to the continued viability of New Mexico’s enduring justiciability principles that govern who has standing to bring suit in our state courts. Our current standing doctrine generally requires litigants to allege three elements: (1) they are directly injured as a result of the action they seek to challenge; (2) there is a causal relationship between the injury and the challenged conduct; and (3) the injury is likely to be redressed by a favorable decision. These requirements are known in short form as injury in fact, causation, and…