Linda R. S. v. Richard D.
United States Supreme Court
410 U.S. 614 (1973)
Linda R. S. (petitioner), mother of an illegitimate child, sought to bring a criminal action under Texas Penal Code Article 602 against Richard D., the child's father, for failing to pay child support; Article 602 criminalized a parent's willful failure to support a child under 18. The district attorney told her fathers of illegitimate children fell outside Article 602's scope and declined to prosecute. Linda then sued on behalf of herself and similarly situated women, seeking an injunction forcing the district attorney to prosecute Richard D.; the district court dismissed for lack of standing, and she appealed.
Whether, to have standing to bring an action before a court, an individual must have sufficiently alleged a logical nexus between the status asserted and the claim sought to be adjudicated.