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| Topics and Issues | Article III (2) Class action (9) Standing (3) |
In August 2019, CDIA filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Patel v. Facebook. The Court denied Facebook’s petition that sought to answer three questions: (1) Whether a court can find Article III standing based on its conclusion that a statute protects a concrete interest, without determining that the plaintiff suffered a personal, real-world injury from the alleged statutory violation; (2) whether a court can find Article III standing based on a risk that a plaintiff’s personal information could be misused in the future, without concluding that the possibility of misuse is imminent; and (3) whether a court can certify a class without deciding a question of law that is relevant to determining whether common issues predominate under Rule 23.