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· 10/12/1971

Hicks v. Pleasure House, Inc.

Citations

  • 404 U.S. 1
  • 92 S. Ct. 5
  • 30 L. Ed. 2d 1
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 17

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  • a case must involve “a real and substantial controversy admitting of specific relief through a decree of a conclusive character, as distinguished from an opinion advising what the law would be upon a hypothetical state of facts.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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