Smith v. Eagleton’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
November 2005
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1986
Relies on Warth v. Seldin · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Powell v. McCormack · Massachusetts v. Mellon · Linda R. S. v. Richard D.
Most-quoted passages
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“In a society of 215,000,000, it can fairly be said that every governmental action is irritating or inconvenient to some group of citizens. Subjective displeasure with governmental action, however, cannot be construed as an `injury in fact', Data Processing Service v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150, 152 , 90 S.Ct. 827 , 25 L.Ed.2d 184 (1970), sufficient to create standing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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