UBE Question of the Day

The Answer is : C.

A person has standing to raise a constitutional issue in a federal court when a determination of that issue will directly affect that person. In this case, the out-of-state farmer who will lose business if the law requiring in-state purchases is valid has the type of direct and substantial interest in the outcome required for standing. Choice (C) is therefore correct.

Choice (D) is incorrect because the company does not sell enough milk in the state to be covered by the statute and thus will not be affected by a determination of the issue. 

Choice (B) is incorrect because the holder of preferred stock probably cannot show any direct relationship between the enforcement of this statute and the value of his stock.

Choice (A) is incorrect because, while the parens patriae doctrine would give the neighboring state’s governor standing to sue if the state statute affected a large part the neighboring state in a particular way, the statute here affects only a small number of the neighboring state’s businesses in a sporadic way.