context: The existence vel non of a credible threat of prosecution, critical to the injury-in-fact requirement for standing, factors into both branches of the ripeness equation. This is as it should be, for the reasonableness of the fear of enforcement is at the core of both standing and ripeness.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 960 F.2d 781, 786
citation_a.parenthetical: "Our conclusion that a reasonable threat of prosecution exists, for purposes of standing, effectively dispenses with any ripeness problem."
citation_a.sentence: See Adult Video Ass’n v. Barr, 960 F.2d 781, 786 (9th Cir.1992) (“Our conclusion that a reasonable threat of prosecution exists, for purposes of standing, effectively dispenses with any ripeness problem.”), vacated, 509 U.S. 917, 113 S.Ct. 3028, 125 L.Ed.2d 716 (1993), reinstated in relevant part, 41 F.3d 503 (9th Cir.1994); see also Socialist Workers Party v. Leahy, 145 F.3d 1240, 1244-45 (11th Cir.1998) (considering ripeness and standing together in respect to a pre-enforcement challenge).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 145 F.3d 1240, 1244-45
citation_b.parenthetical: considering ripeness and standing together in respect to a pre-enforcement challenge
citation_b.sentence: See Adult Video Ass’n v. Barr, 960 F.2d 781, 786 (9th Cir.1992) (“Our conclusion that a reasonable threat of prosecution exists, for purposes of standing, effectively dispenses with any ripeness problem.”), vacated, 509 U.S. 917, 113 S.Ct. 3028, 125 L.Ed.2d 716 (1993), reinstated in relevant part, 41 F.3d 503 (9th Cir.1994); see also Socialist Workers Party v. Leahy, 145 F.3d 1240, 1244-45 (11th Cir.1998) (considering ripeness and standing together in respect to a pre-enforcement challenge).