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.]

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