standing as the "financial nexus between the interests of the Commission and its constituents coalesces”); see also Alfred L. Snapp & Son, Inc. v. Puerto Rico, 458 U.S. 592, 610 n. 16, 102 S.Ct. 3260, 73 L.Ed.2d 995 (1982) (noting that with respect to relations between citizens and the federal government, it is the larger governmental unit rather than the smaller that stands as parens patriae ). 52 . See Osborne v. Keith, 142 Tex. 262, 177 S.W.2d 198, 200 (1944) ("Governments cannot operate if every citizen who concludes that a public official has abused his discretion is granted the right to come into court and bring such official’s public acts under judicial review.”). 53 . See Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1, 15, 124 S.Ct. 2301, 2310-12, 159 L.Ed.2d 98 (2004) (<HOLDING>). 54 . See, e.g., Brown, 53 S.W.3d at 304-06;
holding noncustodial father did not have standing to sue on his daughters behalf holding that a trustee does not have standing to sue a thirdparty on behalf of debenture holders holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to sue holding that plaintiffs did not have standing because they did not sue the party with the clear ability to act holding that employers have standing to sue