Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer

Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, 601 U.S. 1 (2023), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding standing to sue under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The Circuit Court rejected Acheson's attempts to distinguish its case from Havens Realty, and argued that while stigmatic injury alone does not give rise to Article III standing, "Laufer's feelings of frustration, humiliation, and second-class citizenry are indeed 'downstream consequences' and 'adverse effects' of the informational injury she experienced".

The case was also argued on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, by Erica Ross, assistant to the Solicitor General.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority, applying Munsingwear vacatur: "[Laufer] voluntarily dismissed her pending ADA cases after a lower court sanctioned her lawyer.

"[6] Justice Clarence Thomas concurred in the judgment, saying that he would have answered the merits of the case by concluding that Laufer lacked standing.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson also concurred in the judgment, agreeing with the majority that the case should be declared moot but objecting to the use of Munsingwear vacatur.