U.S. District Court: PRIVACY SEX OFFENDER.

• Position: Brief Article

Paul P. v. Farmer 80 F.Supp.2d 320 (D.N.J. 2000). A class action suit was brought by persons required to register under a sex offender notification law (Megan's Law). The appeals court held that the law did not violate the plaintiffs' constitutional rights to privacy and remanded the case for consideration of the procedures for notification. The district court held that state guidelines for distributing notices under the statute unreasonably infringed on the privacy rights of sex offenders...