Legal Opinion
McCann v. Superintendent of Elections
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided April 4, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D’ITALIA, A.J.S.C.
The issue before the Court is whether N.J.S.A. 19:4-1(8), which denies suffrage to any person “[w]ho is serving a sentence or is on parole or probation as the result of any indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States” applies to a person on “supervised release” pursuant to the sentence of a federal court.
This action was instituted by Gerald McCann, a former mayor and current candidate for Mayor of the City of Jersey City. In December 1991, McCann was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on fifteen…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- State v. MaguireSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- Amerada Hess Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation, New Jersey Department of the TreasurySupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Stuart Jeffrey PaskowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by6 opinions
- McCann v. Clerk of City of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001
- People v. ReedColorado Court of Appeals · 2013
- McCann v. CLERK OF CITY OF JERSEYNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2001
- McCann v. Superintendent of ElectionsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1997
- McCann v. Clerk of City of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001
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