Supreme Court· 4/28/1987

Meese v. Keene

Citations

481 U.S. 465
107 S. Ct. 1862
95 L. Ed. 2d 415
1987 U.S. LEXIS 1930
14 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1385
55 U.S.L.W. 4586

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holding that the plaintiff established standing by proving harms flowing from the government’s designation of three films as “political propaganda”
holding that the plaintiff established standing by proving harms flowing from the government's designation of three films as \political propaganda\
holding that harm to reputation is a cognizable injury for standing in First Amendment retaliation cases
concluding that plaintiff had Article III standing where government action was alleged to have threatened his professional reputation
concluding that a plaintiff who wished to exhibit certain films had standing to challenge a statute requiring him to characterize those films as “political propaganda”
stating that “the need to take . . . affirmative steps to avoid the risk of harm . . . constitutes a cognizable injury”

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Judges: Stevens, Rehnquist, White, Powell, O'Connor, Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall, Scalia

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