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    Legal Standing: As Illustrated by an Indonesian Monkey Named Naruto

              To bring a lawsuit in the United States, one must have “standing.”  This legal principle essentially requires the person or company filing a lawsuit have an interest in a dispute.  That interest could involve a piece of property subject to an easement, a Constitutional right, or an injury suffered at the fault of another.  In an ongoing U.S. Court of Appeals case nicknamed the “monkey selfie” case, defense attorney Andrew Dhuey argues a monkey cannot satisfy the requirement of standing, saying, “monkey see, monkey sue is not good law – at least not in the Ninth Circuit.”  Despite the fact that the case was dubbed…