In Uninteresting Result, Federal Circuit Leaves Offeror Standing Outside the Courtroom

Vandeventer Black – In order to bring an action in any United States tribunal, a party must have “standing.”  “The doctrine [of standing] limits the category of litigants empowered to maintain a lawsuit in federal court to seek redress for a legal wrong.” To establish constitutional standing a “plaintiff must have (1) suffered an injury in fact, (2) that is fairly traceable to the challenged conduct of the defendant, and (3) that is likely to be redressed by a favorable judicial decision.” However, under 28 U.S.C.