Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners (two Cases)

Summary

The court held that Georgia's Constitution requires a plaintiff invoking judicial power to allege a cognizable injury that can be redressed, although the injury may be generalized when a community stakeholder challenges a local government's failure to follow the law. A private citizen of the affected county therefore had standing to seek injunctive relief concerning the planned monument removal, but her damages claim was premature because the prohibited conduct had not occurred. The Sons of Confederate Veterans organizations lacked standing because they did not allege that they were community stakeholders or otherwise suffered a cognizable injury. No separate opinions were filed.