Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
United States Supreme Court
426 U.S. 26 (1976)
Relevant factsFree
After the IRS (defendant) ruled that hospitals could retain charitable tax status without accepting indigent patients, a welfare-rights organization and individually denied indigent patients (plaintiffs) sued, arguing the ruling encouraged hospitals to turn away patients unable to pay; the IRS moved to dismiss for lack of standing.
IssueFree
Whether, in challenging administrative agency action, a plaintiff has standing to redress an injury that cannot be fairly traced to the challenged action.
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