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Standing to challenge a statute

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From 232 U.S. 531 - Plymouth Coal Company v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania T · 1914Most cited · 360 citing opinions

One who would strike down a state statute as violative of the Federal Constitution must show he is within the class with respect to whom the act is unconstitutional, and must show that the alleged unconstitutional feature injures him, and so operates as to deprive him of rights protected by the Federal Constitution.

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