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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

NOS. 96

- 5132 and 96

- 5416

E. B., (A Fictitious Name)

v.

PETER VERNIERO*, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE

STATE OF NEW JERSEY; CHARLES R. BUCKLEY,

ACTING BERGEN COUNTY PRO SECUTOR; JAMES

MOSLEY, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF

ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY

Peter Verniero*, Attorney General

Of The State Of New Jersey

Appellant in No. 96

- 5132

(*Amended per Clerk's Order of 7/16/96)

W. P., et al., Ind ividually and as Representatives of a

Class pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 (a) and 23 (b) (2)

v.

PETER VERNIERO*, Attorney General of New Jersey;

JEFFREY S. BLITZ, Atlantic County Prosecutor;

CHARLES R. BUCKLEY, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor;

S TEPHEN G. RAYMOND, Burlington County Prosecutor;

JOSEPH F. AUDINO, Acting Camden County Prosecutor;

STEPHEN D. MOORE, Cape May County Prosecutor;

NEIL S. COOPER, Acting Cumberland County Prosecutor;

CLIFFORD J. MINOR, Essex County Prosecutor;

HARRIS Y . COTTON, Gloucester County Prosecutor;

CARMEN MESSANO, Hudson County Prosecutor;

SHARON B. RANSAVAGE, Hunterdon County Prosecutor;

MARYANN K. BIELAMOWICZ, Mercer County Prosecutor;

ROBERT W. GLUCK, Middlesex County Prosecutor;

JOHN KAYE, Mo nmouth County Prosecutor;

W. MICHAEL MURPHY, JR., Morris County Prosecutor;

DANIEL J. CARLUCCIO, Ocean County Prosecutor;

RONALD S. FAVA, Passaic County Prosecutor;

RONALD A. EPSTEIN, Salem County Prosecutor;

MELAINE B. CAMPBELL, Acting Somerset Count y

Prosecutor;DENNIS O'LEARY, Sussex County Prosecutor;

EDWARD NEAFSEY, Acting Union County Prosecutor;

JOHN J. O'REILLY, Warren County Prosecutor

W.P., et al., Individually and as

Representatives of a Class pursuant

to Fed. R . Civ. P. 23(a) and 23(b)(2),

Appellants in No. 96

- 5416

(*Amended per Clerk's order of 7/15/96)

On Appeal From the United States District Court

For the District of New Jersey

(D.C. Civil Action Nos. 96

- cv

- 00130; 95

- cv

- 00098 and

96

- cv

- 000 97)

Argued October 21, 1996

BEFORE: BECKER, STAPLETON and NYGAARD,

Circuit Judges

ORDER AMENDING OPINION

IT IS ORDERED that the slip opinion in the above case,

filed August 20, 1997, be amended as follows:

VOLUME 1:

Page 7, line 5: the third sentence of the paragraph,

beginning on line 5, should read in its entirety as follows:

We are not called upon to decide whether Megan's Law

can constitutionally be applied to one who has

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committed one of the designated sex crimes after its

enactment.

VOLUME 2:

1. Page 89, line 6 of the second full paragraph:

Delete the word "because" and capitalize the"T" in

"The."

2. Page 98, line 4 of Part III:

Change the word "congressional" to "legislative."

By the Court/s/ Walter K. Stapleton

Circuit Judge

DATED: September 4, 1997

A True Copy:

Teste:

Clerk of the United States Court of Ap peals

for the Third Circuit

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