Legal Opinion
Denise Brown v. State of New Jersey (076656) (Cumberland County and Statewide)
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 24, 2017No. A-71-15PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice LaVECCHIA
This appeal concerns the applicability of qualified immunity to a claim brought under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act (NJCRA), N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 to -2, against a State Police detective named in his individual and official capacity.1
Plaintiff Denise Brown filed this NJCRA action claiming that her state constitutional rights were violated in 2008 when the defendant State Police officer accompanied her into her apartment, without a warrant and without her consent, in order to secure the premises while awaiting the issuance of a search warrant. Given the options, Brown had declined to grant consent…
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- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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