Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman

Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
Supreme Court of the United States
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 )
Holding
An organization may sue in its own right if it has been directly injured, for example through a "drain on the organization's resources." Testers may have standing in their own right.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr.  · Byron White Thurgood Marshall  · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr.  · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens  · Sandra Day O'Connor
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]}

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases involving standing

References

1. Summary from the National Association of Realtors
2. "Havens Realty Corporation v. Coleman". Oyez. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

External links

• Text of Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman, 455 U.S. 363(1982) is available from: Cornell Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)