State Supreme Court / N.J.

Avant v. Clifford

Decided June 23, 1975. Morris Pashman wrote the opinion for the court.

341 A.2d 629 · Cited 276 times

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Sands v. Wainwright · 357 F. Supp. 1062
Reetz v. Bozanich · 397 U.S. 82
Lefkowitz v. Turley · 414 U.S. 70
Fowler v. Vincent · 366 F. Supp. 1224
People v. Coleman · 533 P.2d 1024
Ward v. Scott · 93 A.2d 385
American Friends Service Committee v. Procunier · 33 Cal. App. 3d 252
Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365
J. W. Hampton, Jr., & Co. v. United States · 276 U.S. 394
Gardner v. Broderick · 392 U.S. 273
Baldwin v. Hale · 68 U.S. 223
Monks v. New Jersey State Parole Board · 58 N.J. 238
State v. Coleman · 214 A.2d 393
Beckworth v. New Jersey State Parole Board · 301 A.2d 727
McKenna v. New Jersey Highway Authority · 116 A.2d 29
Busik v. Levine · 307 A.2d 571
BURTON v. Sills · 248 A.2d 521
State Ex Rel. State Board of Milk Control v. Newark Milk Co. · 179 A. 116
Elizabeth Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Howell · 132 A.2d 779
Brandon v. Board of Commissioners of Montclair · 11 A.2d 304
Clutchette v. Procunier · 328 F. Supp. 767
Ward v. Keenan · 70 A.2d 77
Brandon v. Board of Commissioners · 15 A.2d 598
Carothers v. Follette · 314 F. Supp. 1014
Laba v. Newark Board of Education · 129 A.2d 273

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