Massachusetts v. Mellon

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:affects taxpayer lawsuits
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Frothingham_v._Mellon
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Flast_v._Cohen
262 U.S. 447
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1923-04-16
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 657
gptkbp:fullName Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.
gptkbp:heldBy Federal taxpayers do not have standing to challenge federal expenditures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts v. Mellon
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_George_Sutherland
gptkbp:numberOfIssues taxpayer standing
gptkbp:predecessor standing doctrine in U.S. federal courts
gptkbp:principle No standing for generalized grievances
gptkbp:reaffirms Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Frothingham_v._Mellon
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Tenth_Amendment
standing (law)
federal spending power
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Frothingham_v._Mellon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7