Supreme Court of New Jersey
State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Conrad P. Hempele and Sharon Hempele, Defendants-Respondents; State of…
July 17, 1990120 N.J. 182
Summary
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that article I, paragraph 7 of the State Constitution protects curbside garbage from warrantless searches, requiring a warrant based on probable cause for any search, while permitting seizure of the bags without cause; it affirmed the suppression order in Hempele and reversed and remanded Pasanen. Justice Garibaldi dissented and Justice O'Hern concurred in part and dissented in part.