First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport

In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport,* the Supreme Court issued its opinion on April 29, 2026, ruling that “First Choice has established a present injury to its First Amendment associational rights sufficient to confer Article III standing.”

The question presented was:

“Where the subject of a state investigatory demand has established a reasonably objective chill of its First Amendment rights, is a federal court in a first-filed action deprived of jurisdiction because those rights must be adjudicated in state court?”

Oral Arguments

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The Ruling

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*Jennifer Davenport’s name appears in the caption of this case because she succeeded Mr. Platkin as New Jersey’s Attorney General after this case was argued and submitted for decision.

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