Law Offices of Seymour M. Chase, P.C. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America

I concur in the prevailing disposition because I believe that the petitioner — a lawyer whom the Federal Communications Commission disqualified from representation of a party in a single pending matter— lacks standing to pursue his claim in the courts.

I agree with Judge Ginsburg that Richardson-Merrell, Inc. v. Koller, 472 U.S. 424, 105 S.Ct. 2757, 86 L.Ed.2d 340 (1985), clearly reflects the Supreme Court’s judgment that the interests of counsel are entitled to little or no weight in the litigative process. Where the client’s interests are *523still at risk, the case says, a decision to appeal on…