The Presbytery Of New Jersey Of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church v. James Florio

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• concluding that “the state demonstrat[ing] its willing- ness to prosecute …. added immediacy to [the plaintiff’s] claim that he faced prosecution if he engaged in [the] proscribed expressive activity”
• concluding that “the state demonstrat[ing] its willing- ness to prosecute …. added immediacy to [the plaintiff’s] claim that he faced prosecution if he engaged in [the] proscribed expressive activity”
• holding that the representations by the Government that it has no intention to prosecute certain plaintiffs “clearly show that the claims [against those plaintiffs] . . . are not ripe”
• finding that pointed nature of state’s refusal to affirmatively say that it would not prosecute gave plaintiff reason to fear prosecution
• observing that state's pointed refusal to forswear future prosecution \indicates ... a real threat of prosecution\
• finding that the “state’s effort to enforce certain portions of [the relevant statute] [would] be affected by the resolution of th[e] litigation”

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