Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman | |
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Argued December 1, 1981 Decided February 24, 1982 | |
Full case name | Havens Realty Corp. et al. v. Coleman et al. |
Citations | 455 U.S. 363 (more) |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Brennan, joined by unanimous |
Concurrence | Powell |
Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman, 455 U.S. 363 (1982), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an organization may sue in its own right if it has been directly injured, for example through a "drain on the organization's resources", and that so-called "testers", individuals who sought to determine if a company was in violation of the law, may have standing in their own right.[1][2]