Warth et al. v. Seldin et al.

Decided June 25, 1975. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-2024 · 422 U.S. 490 (1975) · Cited 10,875 times

Holding

Whether the rules of standing are considered as aspects of the constitutional requirement that a plaintiff must make out a 'case or controversy' within the meaning of Art.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) · 412 U.S. 669 (1973)
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 405 U.S. 727 (1972)
• Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 409 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150 (1970)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Barrows v. Jackson · 346 U.S. 249 (1953)
• Flast v. Cohen · 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Jenkins v. McKeithen · 395 U.S. 411 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · 418 U.S. 208 (1974)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• United States v. Richardson · 418 U.S. 166 (1974)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co. · 312 U.S. 270 (1941)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Doe v. Bolton · 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• Barlow v. Collins · 397 U.S. 159 (1970)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. Patterson · 369 U.S. 31 (1962)
• Lake Carriers' Assn. v. MacMullan · 406 U.S. 498 (1972)
• Hall v. Beals · 396 U.S. 45 (1969)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Sanders Bros. Radio Station · 309 U.S. 470 (1940)
• Tileston v. Ullman · 318 U.S. 44 (1943)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc. · 554 U.S. 269 (2008)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Brock · 477 U.S. 274 (1986)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• United States Department of Labor v. Triplett · 494 U.S. 715 (1990)
• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333 (1977)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · 445 U.S. 388 (1980)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA · 606 U.S. 100 (2025)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Summers v. Earth Island Institute · 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. · 551 U.S. 587 (2007)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas · 495 U.S. 149 (1990)
• Bender v. Williamsport Area School District · 475 U.S. 534 (1986)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1975). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).