508 U.S. 656 (1993) Cited 1,031 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding contractors suing over the set-aside of certain state contracts based on race had standing to advance an equal protection claim because they were "able and ready" to bid on the contracts
455 U.S. 283 (1982) Cited 986 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that mootness was not the necessary result when nothing in the record suggested that a city's decision to repeal challenged language in an ordinance would preclude it from reenacting the same language if the district court's judgment were vacated
Holding that the defendants "failed to meet their heavy burden to make it ‘absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior ... could not reasonably be expected to recur’ " (quoting Friends of the Earth , 528 U.S. at 189, 120 S.Ct. 693 )
Holding that the owner of an adult entertainment establishment had overbreadth standing to pursue a First Amendment challenge against provisions of an ordinance that required the employees of such establishments to obtain a license because the licensing scheme — although not directly applicable to the owner — threatened his business's viability