Legal Opinion
State v. Maier
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 25, 1953PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Vanderbilt, C. J.
A complaint was made in the Municipal Court of Hoboken against the defendant Maier charging that “he did wilfully commit an assault and battery upon-Frances Gianno by spitting upon the face and body of said Frances Gianno, all in violation of the Disorderly Persons. Law, N. J. S. 2A:170-26,” which is a new section, enacted December 5, 1951, reading as follows:
“Any person who commits an assault or an assault and battery is a disorderly person.”
This section of the New Jersey Statutes must be considered in the light of N. J. S. 2A :85-1,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Byers & Davis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Williams v. City Council of AugustaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Rell v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1939
- Floyd v. CommissionersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
3Cited by52 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rodriguez v. ROSENBLATTSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- United States v. Michael Allen Stewart, United States of America v. Thomas Allen StewartCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Goldman v. KautzArizona Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. BennionIdaho Supreme Court · 1986
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