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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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.