Golden v. Zwickler

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• holding that plaintiff lacked standing because it was “wholly conjectural” that any future prosecutions would be advanced against him under a challenged statute
• holding that there was no standing where the prospective future candidacy of a former Congressman was involved
• concluding that it was “wholly conjectural” that the plaintiff would be a candidate for Congress again and thereby run afoul of a state’s electoral regulation
• holding that there must be a real and immediate controversy between the parties for a declaratory judgment to be proper
• holding that, when determining if declaratory judgment is appropriate, the inquiry is whether a controversy exists at time of hearing, not when action was first initiated
• holding that declaratory judgment action seeking to invalidate state statute as unconstitutional must be dismissed because, although plaintiff had been prosecuted under the statute, the chance of plaintiff's repeat exposure to the statute was remote and thus plaintiff lacked standing

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