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Two years ago today, I noted the eloquent words of Justice Pashman in the final paragraph of his opinion for the Court in New Jersey Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v....

Northgate Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Hillsdale Planning Bd., 214 N.J. 120 (2013). Opponents of land use development applications sometimes contest the adequacy of the notice given by development applicants, as occurred in...

On this date fifty three years ago, the Supreme Court decided Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc., 32 N.J. 358 (1960). In a unanimous opinion of over 50 pages, the longest...

Yesterday, Senate Bill 2052 was proposed for introduction. The legislation would limit the amount of an appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million. This same legislation was proposed in 2012,...

Nicholas v. Mynster, 213 N.J. 463 (2013). Until the advent of the New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act, codified in part at N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41, "in medical-malpractice cases, physician experts...

Sometimes we all fall behind. On March 21, 2013, the Appellate Division decided In re N.J.A.C. 7:1B-1.1 et seq., 431 N.J. Super. 100 (App. Div. March 21, 2013). A coalition of environmental groups...

Turner v. Irvington Tp., 430 N.J. Super. 274 (App. Div. 2013). This opinion by Judge Parrillo reversed the denial of the defendant Township's motion for summary judgment in a case that sought...

On this date in 1999, the Supreme Court decided DeHanes v. Rothman, 158 N.J. 90 (1999). There, in a unanimous opinion by Justice O'Hern, the Court held that it was...

Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk, 133 S.Ct. 1523 (2013). Of all the current sitting Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Scalia is the one who would normally...

Article VI, section 6, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution provides that Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Superior Court "shall be retired upon attaining the...