Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission, seeking to compel the commission to enforce voter-ID laws more strictly and to alter the way that the commission manages voter registration lists. The district court dismissed the lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that the district court properly applied the tests for identifying intangible “injuries in fact” and organizational standing.