Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Blankenship v. Parke Care Centers, Inc.

118 S. Ct. 1039

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1998-02-23
Topic
general

holding that New Jersey's Megan's Law, which established sexual offender registration and community notification provisions, was nonpunitive and did not violate the double jeopardy or ex post facto clauses | noting that the “act of discrimination by the employer in such a case is not the harassment, but rather the inappropriate response to the charges of harassment” | describing sex offender registration and community notification components of New Jersey’s Megan’s Law scheme | action implemented by employer held to be “prompt and appropriate” where “[gjiven the circumstances before it, there was little else, if anything it could do” | New Jersey's law, which provides a tier process of imposing restrictions, was found not to violate the Ex Post Facto Clause | New Jersey’s law, which provides a tier process of imposing restrictions, was found not to violate the Ex Post Facto Clause

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.