Does a plaintiff have standing to bring a claim against a third party for breach of their own legal rights?

"Standing is the determination of whether a specific person is the proper party to bring a particular matter to the court for adjudication," and a federal court is obliged to examine plaintiff's standing pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution. See Justice v. Vail, 430 U.S. 327, 3310 (1977).

A plaintiff generally has standing to assert claims for the violation of his/her own legal rights and do not have standing to assert claims for the violations of the legal rights of other persons. See Barrows v. Jackson, 346 U.S. 249, 255 (1953). There is an exception to the general rule, if "the

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litigant can demonstrate that he or she has suffered a concrete, redressable injury, that he or she has a close relation with the third party, and that there exists some hindrance to the third party's ability to protect his or her own interests." Edmonson v. Leesville, 500 U.S. 614, 629 (1991).