January 13, 2023

Touching all the bases when a union wishes to initiate litigation on behalf of its members

An organization such as a union wishing to file a claim on behalf of its members must:

[1] establish that it has organizational standing to bring such claim; 

[2] show that at least one of its members would have standing to sue; 

[3] that it is representative of the organizational purposes it asserts; and 

[4] that the case would not require the participation of individual members. 

Click on the URL below to access this decision posted on the Internet: https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2022/2022_07484.htm