W.P. v. Poritz

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that \stigma plus\ can be established \by coupling the reputational damage with the... continuing legal status as a registrant and the duties imposed as a result\
• summarizing the scheme for judicial review laid out by the New Jersey Supreme Court
• finding “alteration of legal status” based on the “continuing legal status as a registrant and the duties imposed as a result”
• only disclosure to law enforcement permitted with respect to Tier I registrants (low risk of reoffense)
• “Megan’s Law informs those likely to encounter the offender, assisted by the technological advances of photography and xerographic reproduction.”
• effect of law is not to constitute punishment, so not ex post facto

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).