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W.P. v. PORITZ

Civil Action No. 96-97.

931 F.Supp. 1187 (1996)

W.P., et al., Individually and as Representatives of a Class pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 23(a) and 23(b)(2), Plaintiffs, v. Deborah PORITZ, 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 P. 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; Marryann 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; and John J. O'Reilly, Warren County Prosecutor, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

March 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender by Michael Buncher, Chief Counsel, Special Hearings Unit, Office of the Public Defender, Trenton, New Jersey, for Plaintiffs.

Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General by Rhonda S. Berliner-Gold, Deputy Attorney General, Trenton, New Jersey, for Defendants.

OPINION

BISSELL, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the plaintiffs' motion to certify a class action. The present action was filed on January 16, 1996. The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the Community Notification Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 et seq., (Megan's Law). (First Amended Complaint, hereinafter "Compl." at 9-10)

Plaintiff's claim that Megan's Law violates the ex post facto and double jeopardy...

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