International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local No. 279 v. Civil Service Commission of the Fire Department

THOMAS, Chief Justice,

with whom ROSE, Justice, joins, specially concurring.

I agree with the result reached in the majority opinion of the court. For myself, however, I would ground the affirmance strictly upon the proposition that the union and its representative have no standing to assert that the rule amendment unconstitutionally impairs their labor contract.

A fundamental aspect of the doctrine of standing is that those who press an issue *1298must allege “a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy.” Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 204, 82 S.Ct. 691, 703, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (1962); Warth v.…