Singleton v. Wulff
United States Supreme Court
428 U.S. 106 (1976)
Relevant factsFree
Missouri physicians Singleton and another (plaintiffs) sued state official Wulff (defendant) challenging a statute barring Medicaid funding for abortions not "medically indicated," suing on behalf of impoverished Medicaid-dependent patients; the district court dismissed for lack of standing, but the court of appeals reversed on standing and ruled for Singleton on the merits.
IssueFree
Whether physicians have a sufficiently close relationship with their third-party patients, and whether it is unlikely those patients could bring a suit on their own behalf, so as to justify the physicians having standing to challenge the Missouri abortion statute in court.