The following excerpt is from Keith v. Volpe, 858 F.2d 467 (9th Cir. 1988):
The intervenors thus have satisfied the injury in fact requirement. However, because the intervenors assert claims other than federal claims, they must satisfy the prudential limitations on standing as well as the Article III minima. See McMichael v. County of Napa, 709 F.2d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir.1983). These prudential limitations require that plaintiffs assert their own rights and not those of a third party; that their injury is not a "generalized grievance" shared in substantially equal measure by all or a large class of citizens; and finally, that their interest is arguably within the zone of interests protected by the statute in question. Id.
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