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BURTON, ET AL. v. SILLS

53 N.J. 86 (1968)

248 A.2d 521

L. ARTHUR BURTON, LOUIS A. BENTON, EDMOND H. SHULER, AL L. TOTH, HERMAN TREPTOW, GEORGE SCHIELKE AND CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR FIREARMS LEGISLATION, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND COLONEL DAVID B. KELLY, SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William E. Ozzard argued the cause for appellants.

Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for respondents (Mr. John W. Hayden, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief; Mr. Stephen L. Skillman and Mr. Samuel D. Bornstein, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).

The opinion of the court was delivered by JACOBS, J.

The Law Division upheld the constitutionality of New Jersey's recently enacted "Gun Control Law" (L. 1966, c. 60; N.J.S. 2A:151-1 et seq.) and dismissed the plaintiffs' complaint attacking it. 99 N.J.Super. 516 (1967). The Appellate Division affirmed (99 N.J.Super. 459 (1968)) and the plaintiffs...

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