Legal Opinion
State v. Profaci
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 26, 1970PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Haneman, J.
This ease involves the constitutionality of N. J. S. A. 2A:170-29(1), a section of the Disorderly Persons Act.
Defendant was convicted in the Municipal Court of the Township of Monroe of violating the above statute which reads:
1. Any person who utters loud and offensive or profane or indecent language in any public street or other public place, public conveyance, or place to which the public is invited; * * *.
Is a disorderly person.
Defendant appealed to the Middlesex County Court which after a trial de novo on the Municipal Court record,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Landry v. DaleyDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1968
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3Cited by130 opinions
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