Homefed Village III Master, LLC v. Otay Landfill, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA HOMEFED VILLAGE III MASTER, Case No.: 20-cv-0784-AGS-JLB LLC, ORDER DENYING
SUMMARY-JUDGMENT MOTION
Plaintiff, (ECF 206) WITHOUT PREJUDICE v. AND SETTING HEARING OTAY LANDFILL, INC., et al., Defendants. 9 In its summary-judgment motion, the defense challenges plaintiff’s standing to bring this case as well as the sufficiency of the claims. Because “standing is an aspect of subject matter jurisdiction,” when plaintiffs lack standing, this Court “is powerless to reach the merits under Article III of the Constitution.” Fleck & Assocs., Inc. v. City of Phoenix, 471 F.3d 1100, 1106 n.4 (9th Cir. 2006). “[I]f subject-matter jurisdiction turns on contested facts, the trial [court] may be authorized to review the evidence and resolve the dispute on [its] own.” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 514 (2006). When these facts go to “an essential element of a claim for relief,” however, “the jury is the proper…