Coleman v. Superintendent Greene SCI, 845 F.3d 73 (3d Cir. 2017). Today, Judge Hardiman, writing for the Third Circuit in a habeas corpus case, addressed the weight to be given...
FDASmart, Inc. v. Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd., 448 N.J. Super. 195 (App. Div. 2016). Plaintiff filed an action for breach of contract against two defendants, Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals,...
DeGarmeaux v. DNV Concepts, Inc., 448 N.J. Super. 148 (App. Div. 2016). As Judge Manahan stated in his opinion for the Appellate Division in this case, "[t]he issue of reasonbleness...
Moeck v. Pleasant Valley School District, 844 F.3d 387 (3d Cir. 2016). Motions for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 are not favored because, as Judge Shwartz pointed...
An analysis issued yesterday by the Judiciary and Data Analysis Office of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts revealed some interesting information about and trends in federal appeals....
This morning, the Appellate Division issued a Notice to the Bar, available here, to remind practitioners and appellants that, effective on January 1, 2017, appeals to the Appellate Division on...
Polsky v. United States, 844 F.3d 170 (3d Cir. 2016). Plaintiffs are the parents of a permanently disabled daughter. They claimed a child tax credit on two years' federal tax...
State v. Morrison, 227 N.J. 295 (2016). In today's unanimous opinion by Justice Albin, the issue was whether a volunteer emergency medical technician ("EMT") is a "public servant" who can...
This morning, the Supreme Court published a notice to the Bar, available here, regarding a new Court Rule that addresses review by the Court of Appellate Division rulings regarding pretrial...
This morning, the Supreme Court announced that it will review five more cases. Three of those are criminal cases, one is an insurance coverage case, and one is a constitutional...