Mercer v. Doe on the demise of Nutting

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that duty to register is a civil penalty that is remedial in nature and intended to promote public safety, not to impose punishment
• holding that duty to register is a civil penalty that is remedial in nature and intended to protect public safety, not to impose punishment
• concluding that registration requirements are statutorily imposed and apply even if 6 sentencing court does not impose them
• registration requirement imposed automatically by operation of law without court involvement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).