State of New Jersey (City of Newark), Plaintiff-Appellant v. Buck Barnes, Defendant-Respondent; State of New Jersey…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the State may appeal the county court's de novo determination that a Newark municipal ordinance was unconstitutional and that such an appeal does not violate the double jeopardy clause. The Court reversed the Appellate Division's dismissal of the State's appeal and remanded for further consideration of the ordinance's constitutionality.