Editing Standing (law) (section)

===State law===
State law on standing differs substantially from federal law and varies considerably from state to state.<ref name="sassman">{{Cite web |last=Sassman |first=Wyatt |date=2015 |title=A Survey of Constitutional Standing in State Courts |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2977348 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=SSRN |ssrn=2977348 |language=en}}</ref>

====California====
Californians may bring "[[taxpayer standing|taxpayer]] actions" against public officials for wasting public funds through mismanagement of a government agency, where the relief sought is an order compelling the official not to waste money and fulfill his duty to protect the public fisc.<ref>See, e.g., ''Humane Society of the United States v. State Bd. of Equalization'', [http://online.ceb.com/CalCases/CA4/152CA4t349.htm 152 Cal. App. 4th 349] (2007).</ref>

On  December 29, 2009,  the [[California Courts of Appeal|California Court of Appeal]] for the Sixth District ruled that California Code of Civil Procedure Section 367 cannot be read as imposing a federal-style standing doctrine on California's code pleading system of civil procedure.<ref name="jasmine">{{cite court |litigants=Jasmine Networks, Inc. v. Superior Court (Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.) |vol=180 |reporter=Cal. App. 4th |opinion=980 |date=2009 |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1500032.html |access-date=2018-01-06 }}</ref> In California, the fundamental inquiry is ''always'' whether the plaintiff has sufficiently plead a cause of action, not whether the plaintiff has some entitlement to judicial action separate from proof of the substantive merits of the claim advanced.<ref name="jasmine" /> The court acknowledged that the word "standing" is often sloppily used to refer to what is really ''[[jus tertii]]'', and held that ''jus tertii'' in state law is not the same thing as the federal standing doctrine.<ref name="jasmine" />

====District of Columbia====
The [[District of Columbia]]'s regulations concerning contract award appeals provide for the jurisdiction of the District's Contracts Appeals Board. Standing to appeal a bid is limited to unsuccessful bidders who are in line to be awarded a contract should their protest be successful: the Board has regularly held that a protestor who would not be in line for the contract lacks standing.<ref>Government of the District of Columbia: Contract Appeals Board, [https://app.cab.dc.gov/cabasp/download.aspx?filepath=174461.pdf CAB No. P-474 CUP Temporaries, Inc.], issued on 3 July 1997, accessed on 11 December 2024</ref>