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To challenge the pardons in court, litigants must demonstrate legal standing, which requires a unique, concrete, particularized injury that is actual or imminent.
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Robert A. Levy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
In the environmental cases, that could mean the Justice Department would stop defending the actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency during the Biden administration that litigants have challenged.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Harry and Watson's lawyers told the court this month that the litigants were not seeking financial advantage from the case.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
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Robert A. Levy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
The controversial decision allows litigants to block restoration projects by requiring duplicative analysis at both the project level and the forest plan level any time new information emerges about an endangered or threatened species in that forest.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
In the environmental cases, that could mean the Justice Department would stop defending the actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency during the Biden administration that litigants have challenged.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Harry and Watson's lawyers told the court this month that the litigants were not seeking financial advantage from the case.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Litigant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigant. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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litigant
noun
lit·i·gant
ˈlit-i-gənt 
: a person taking part in a lawsuit
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