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E.B. v. VERNIERO

Nos. 96-5132, 96-5416.

119 F.3d 1077 (1997)

E.B., (A Fictitious Name) v. Peter VERNIERO, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; Charles R. Buckley, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor; James Mosley, Chief of Police of the City of Englewood, New Jersey. Peter Verniero, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Appellant in No. 96-5132. W.P., et al., Individually and as Representatives of a Class pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 (a) and 23 (b)(2), v. Peter VERNIERO, Attorney General of New Jersey; Jeffrey S. Blitz, Atlantic County Prosecutor; Charles R. Buckley, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor; Stephen G. Raymond, Burlington County Prosecutor; Joseph F. Audino, Acting Camden County Prosecutor; Stephen D. Moore, Cape May County Prosecutor; Neil S. Cooper, Acting Cumberland County Prosecutor; Clifford J. Minor, Essex County Prosecutor; Harris Y. Cotton, Gloucester County Prosecutor; Carmen Messano, Hudson County Prosecutor; Sharon B. Ransavage, Hunterdon County Prosecutor; Maryann K. Bielamowicz, Mercer County Prosecutor; Robert W. Gluck, Middlesex County Prosecutor; John Kaye, Monmouth County Prosecutor; W. Michael Murphy, Jr., Morris County Prosecutor; Daniel J. Carluccio, Ocean County Prosecutor; Ronald S. Fava, Passaic County Prosecutor; Ronald A. Epstein, Salem County Prosecutor; Melaine B. Campbell, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor; Dennis O'Leary, Sussex County Prosecutor; Edward Neafsey, Acting Union County Prosecutor; John J. O'Reilly, Warren County Prosecutor. W.P., et al., Individually and as Representatives of a Class pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(a) and 23(b)(2) Appellants in No. 96-5416.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1997.

As Amended September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Yannotti (Argued), Rhonda S. Berliner-Gold, B. Stephen Finkel, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellant Attorney General of New Jersey No. 96-5132.

Judith A. Eisenberg, Office of County Prosecutor, Bergen County, Hackensack, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Charles R. Buckley, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor No. 96-5132.

Gerald R. Salerno (Argued), Aronsohn & Weiner, Hackensack, NJ, Attorney for Appellee E.B. (A Fictitious Name) No. 96-5132.

John J. Gibbons, Lawrence S. Lustberg, James E. Ryan (Argued), Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, NJ, Michael Z. Buncher, Edward Barocas, Office of Public Defender Special Hearings Unit, Trenton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellants W.P., et al., Individually and as Representatives of a Class Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a) and 23(b)(2) No. 96-5416.

Jane D. Plaisted, Office of County Prosecutor, Essex County, Newark, NJ, Attorney for Appellees Blitz, Buckley, Raymond, Audino, Moore, Cooper, Minor, Cotton, Messano, Ransavage, Bielamowicz, Gluck, Kaye, Murphy, Carluccio, Fava, Epstein, Campbell, O'Leary, Neafsey, and O'Reilly No. 96-5416.

Thomas E. Bracken, Office of County Prosecutor, Sussex County, Newton, NJ, Attorney for Appellee Dennis O'Leary No. 96-5416.

Peter Verniero (Argued), Joseph L. Yannotti, B. Stephen Finkel, Jane Grall, Rhonda Berliner-Gold, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee Peter Verniero Attorney General of New Jersey No. 96-5416.

Ronald K. Chen (Argued), Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic Newark, NJ, Attorney for Amicus Curiae ACLU-NJ No. 96-5416.

Faith S. Hochberg (Argued), George S. Leone, Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, Leonard Schaitman, Wendy M. Keats, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae United States of America No. 96-5416.

Geoffrey S. Berman, Latham & Watkins, New York City, Attorney for Amici M. Kanka, R. Kanka, D. Zimmer, R. Cunningham, N. Deal, J. Dunn, T. Fowler, T. Manton, S. Molinari, J. Saxton and C. Smith No. 96-5416.

BEFORE: BECKER, STAPLETON and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

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  I. INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1081

 II. THE MEGAN'S LAW SCHEME .................................. 1081

III. THE PRIOR PROCEEDINGS ................................... 1087

 IV. THE ROOKER-FELDMAN ISSUE ......................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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