Second Circuit Agrees with Ninth Circuit That Court Can Bypass Article III Standing Issue to Address Issue Preclusion As Alternative Basis for Dismissing Case

In Phoenix Light SF Ltd. v. Bank of N.Y. Mellon, No. 22-239 (2d Cir. Apr. 26, 2023), the Second Circuit holds that it does not need to reach a complex Article III standing issue when the case could be decided on a straightforward issue of issue preclusion. “[W]e join the Ninth Circuit in concluding thatContinue reading “Second Circuit Agrees with Ninth Circuit That Court Can Bypass Article III Standing Issue to Address Issue Preclusion As Alternative Basis for Dismissing Case”