95 Va. L. Rev. 1131 (2009)
Standing for the Public: A Lost History

handle is hein.journals/valr95 and id is 1141 raw text is: VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW VOLUME 95 SEPTEMBER 2009 NUMBER 5 ARTICLES STANDING FOR THE PUBLIC: A LOST HISTORYt Elizabeth Magill* I. STANDING PRIOR TO 1970: LEGAL RIGHTS AND STANDING FOR TH E PU BLIC ......................................................................... 1135 A . L egal W rongs ....................................................................... 1136 B. Standing for the Public ........................................................ 1139 C. Reconciling Sanders Brothers ............................................. 1148 D. Standing and the Administrative Procedure Act .............. 1150 II. THE RISE OF LIBERALIZED STANDING AND THE FALL OF STANDING FOR THE PUBLIC ...................................................... 1151 A. Mid-1960s, the Appellate Courts, and Expansion of L egal R ights. .................................................................... 1151 B. The Death of Standing for the Public in the Supreme Court .................................... 1159 1. The 1970 Revolution ..................................................... 1160 2. The End of Standing for the Public ............................. 1168 a. Statutory Authorization of Public Actions. ...... 1168 t Selected as the winner of the American Constitution Society's 2009 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition. *Joseph Weintraub-Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Law, Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law. Thanks to John Harrison, Dan Ho, Daryl Levinson, Jim Ryan, Gary Rowe, G.E. White, Anne Wool- handler, and Keith Werhan for helpful comments and conversation; to Cameron Keys, Liam Montgomery, Rebecca Mroz, Ken Shevlin, and Michael Wolin for first- rate research assistance; to Alison White for (truly) exceptional assistance with judi- cial archives; and to participants in workshops at Princeton University's History De- partment, the University of Virginia School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Vanderbilt University Law School, and Chicago-Kent Law School. Errors are mine. 1131

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