· 11/6/1950
Johnson v. Muelberger
Citations
- 340 U.S. 874
- 71 S. Ct. 121
- 95 L. Ed. 635
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1440
How courts have described this case
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- “[a] past enforcement effort often will confirm the reasonableness of a plaintiff’s subjective fear of prosecution”
- rejected standing of Does, the heterosexual couple, because they did not allege a realistic threat of prosecution, only that the existence of the sodomy statute plus Hardwick’s arrest chilled their actions
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