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ANDERSON v. SILLS

106 N.J. Super. 545 (1969)

256 A.2d 298

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, v. ARTHUR J. SILLS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, STEVEN NESTOR, POLICE CHIEF OF JERSEY CITY, GEORGE N. BONELLI, 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.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

July 30, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Morris Stern for plaintiffs (Mr. Morris Stern, 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 American Civil Liberties Union, of counsel).

Mr. Joseph A. Hoffman, First Assistant Attorney General, for defendant Arthur J. Sills (Mr. Stephen Skillman, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief; Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General, attorney).

Mr. James F. Ryan, Corporation Counsel of Jersey City, for defendants Steven Nestor and George Whelan.

Mr. Daniel F. Gilmore, Assistant County Counsel for Hudson County, for defendant George N. Bonelli (Mr. William F. Kelly, Jr., Hudson County Counsel, attorney).

MATTHEWS, J.S.C.

Plaintiffs are adult citizens and a civil rights organization of Hudson County. They have instituted this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the use of a reporting system by local and county officials to gather and compile information relating to potential and actual civil disorders violates the United States Constitution. They also seek injunctive relief against the continuance of such reporting system and for the termination thereof.

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