Laird v. Tatum, No. 71-288 (U.S. Supreme Court) (408 U.S. 1; 92 S.Ct. 2318) (June 26, 1972) (Justice Burger)
Case held that respondents' claims that their First Amendment rights were chilled by an Army surveliiance data-gathering system did not warrant relief because there was no showing of any objective harm or threat of a specific future harm.
Case is noted for Justice Douglas' famous quote in which he wrote: ...
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