As part of its constitutional duty to administer all courts in New Jersey, the Supreme Court sometimes finds it necessary to discipine judges. On this date in 2006, the Court...
Badiali v. New Jersey Manufacturers Ins. Group., 429 N.J. Super. 121 (App. Div. 2012). As Judge Fisher noted at the start of his opinion, the Appellate Division previously ruled, in a case...
Nitro-Lift Technologies, LLC v. Howard, 133 S.Ct. 500 (2012). In a line of cases that includes Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co., 388 U.S. 395 (1967), and Buckeye Check...
Rarer Than a Purple Cow: Denial of Certification, Reconsideration, and Then a Grant of Certification
On this date in 1991, a rarity occurred. In Perini Corp. v. Greate Bay Hotel & Casino, Inc., 127 N.J. 546 (1991), the Supreme Court had denied both a petition...
Since today is Election Day, it is an especially appropriate time to revisit the Supreme Court's decision in In re Attorney General's "Directive on Exit Polling: Media and Non-Partisan Public Interest...
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it has granted certification to review O'Boyle v. Borough of Longport, 426 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2012), an Open Public Records Act case. The Appellate Division's...
On this date in 1996, the Supreme Court decided Strasenburgh v. Straubmuller, 146 N.J. 527 (1996). Justice O'Hern's opinion for a unanimous Court addressed a number of intricate issues involving...
Clark v. Clark, 429 N.J. Super. 61 (App. Div. 2012). Generally, "marital fault is irrelevant" to a determination of alimony. However, in Mani v. Mani, 183 N.J. 70 (2005), the Supreme Court recognized...
Today is the second anniversary of New Jersey Appellate Law blog. The past year has been a busy one. The 225 posts since last October 18 have commented on events ranging from...
On July 6, 2012, the Supreme Court granted review of In re Plan for the Abolition of the Council on Affordable Housing, 424 N.J. Super. 410 (App. Div. 2012), a...
