DENISE ANDERSON, WILLIAM ANDERSON, ROBERT W. CASTLE, ARLENE LATKO, JOEL MYRON, ADRIAN TENHOR AND JERSEY CITY BRANCH OF NAACP, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THOSE PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS,
v.
ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND STEVEN NESTOR, POLICE CHIEF OF JERSEY CITY, GEORGE N. BONNELLI, SHERIFF OF HUDSON COUNTY, AND GEORGE WHELAN, POLICE DIRECTOR OF JERSEY CITY, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLASS OF POLICE CHIEFS, COUNTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL, COUNTY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.
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Argued February 3, 1970.
Decided June 1, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).
Mr. Morris Stern argued the cause for respondents (Mr. L. Walter Finch, Mrs. Muriel Finch, Mr. Frank Askin, and Mr. Arthur D'Italia, on the brief; Mr. Stephen M. Nagler, Mr. Melvin Wulf and Mrs. Eleanor Norton, of counsel).
Mr. J. Gordon Zaloom and Mr. Jeffrey E. Fogel, of Newark Legal Services Project, Mr. William J. Bender, Mr. Edward Carl Broege, Mr. Arthur Kinoy, Mr. William M. Kunstler, Mr. Michael Sayer, Mr. Benjamin E. Smith, Mr. Morton Stavis, Miss Nancy Stearns, and Mr. Peter Weiss, of Law Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, and Mr. Jack Wysoker, for New Jersey SANE, submitted a brief for amici curiae Newark Legal Services Project, Law Center for Constitutional Rights, and New Jersey SANE.
Mr. Daniel F. Gilmore entered an appearance for Hudson County.
Mr. Francis X. Hayes entered an appearance for the City of Jersey City.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the court was delivered by WEINTRAUB, C.J.
This is a declaratory judgment suit brought as a class action against the Attorney General and local law enforcement officials, also as a class. The complaint alleges violation of plaintiffs' First Amendment rights of speech and association. The complaint revolves about a memorandum, entitled "Civil Disorders — The Role of Local, County and State Government"...
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