Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Wright v. New Jersey

Wright v. N.J., 469 U.S. 1146 (1985)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-01-14
Topic
intellectual-property-and-technology

How later courts describe this case

  • noting that weapons could be tools of trade in a case where weapons were found with a major supplier of narcotics
  • Brennan, J., with whom Marshall, J., joins, dissenting from dismissal of appeal for want of substantial federal question
  • dismissal of appeal from state supreme court decision upholding a state criminal statute relating to the carrying of an “exacto” knife against a vagueness challenge for want of federal question

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Appeal from Sup. Ct. N. J. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.