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citizen standing in interstate suits

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From 281 U.S. 163 - Commonwealth of Kentucky v. State of Indiana · 1930Most cited · 70 citing opinions

Citizens, voters, and taxpayers, merely as such, of either state, without a showing of any further and proper interest, have no separate individual right to contest in such a suit the position taken by the state itself. ... An individual citizen may be made a party where relief is properly sought as against him, and in such case he should have suitable opportunity to show the nature of his interest and why the relief asked against him individually should not be granted.