Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
Vill. of Hoffman Ests. v. Flipside, Hoffman Ests., Inc., 456 U.S. 950 (1982)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-04-26
- Topic
- estate-planning
a scienter requirement may mitigate a law’s vagueness with respect to adequacy of notice that specified conduct is proscribed | injury occurs at the time of first exposure, at the time the injury becomes apparent, and at all times in between | a scienter requirement may mitigate a law’s vagueness with respect to adequacy of notice that specified conduct is proscribed | a law that does not reach constitutionally protected conduct and therefore satisfies the overbreadth test may nevertheless be challenged on its face as unduly vague, in violation of due process | Brennan, J., with whom Marshall, J., joins, dissenting from dismissal of appeal for want of substantial federal question | "One to whose conduct a statute clearly applies may not successfully challenge it for vagueness.” (quotation and citation omitted) | upholding validity of Nebraska Drug Paraphernalia statute
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- Cited by
- 38 opinions
455 U. S. 489; and
455 U. S. 1005. Petitions for rehearing denied.
Justice Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.