Legal Opinion
Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 19, 1986No. 84-773PublishedCited by 2,199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
This case raises an important question of federal appellate jurisdiction that was not considered by the Court of Appeals: Whether one member of a School Board has standing to appeal from a declaratory judgment against the Board. We conclude that although the School Board itself had a sufficient stake in the outcome of the litigation to appeal, an individual Board member cannot invoke the Board’s interest in the case to confer standing upon himself.
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