TAXPAYER-STANDING DOCTRINE

taxpayer-standing doctrine.Constitutional law. The principle that a taxpayer has no standing
to sue the government for allegedly misspending the public’s tax money unless the taxpayer can
demonstrate a personal stake and show some direct injury. [Cases: Constitutional Law 42.3(2);
Municipal Corporations 987. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 68–69, 76; Municipal Corporations
§§ 1889–1890, 1893–1894, 1896–1897, 1900–1904.]
[Blacks Law 8th]