Knife Rights, Inc. v. Vance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the alleged injury “must be ‘concrete and .particularized’ and ‘actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical’ ” (citation omitted)
• concluding that plaintiffs had standing based on high likelihood of future prosecution
• recognizing credible threat of prosecution where the plaintiffs were previously charged with violating the statute
• explaining that preenforcement standing “cannot rest on fears that are ‘imaginary or speculative’” (quoting Babbitt, 442 U.S. at 298)
• explaining that, to establish an injury in fact based on potential criminal liability, a plaintiff must demonstrate a “credible threat of prosecution” that is not “imaginary or speculative” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• acknowledging that prudential standing concerns in § 1983 cases are governed by Lexmark

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