On November 2, 1987, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided O'Malley v. Department of Energy, 109 N.J. 309 (1987). That case involved a civil service employee who had been...

One year ago today, this blog began its existence with its very first post. There have been approximately 225 posts since, covering all aspects of New Jersey appellate law and practice, with...

New Jersey caselaw under the Uniform Commercial Code is relatively undeveloped compared to New York's decisional law. On this date in 1973, however, the Appellate Division issued one of New...

Today, we are all used to the existence of senior citizen housing developments. Thirty five years ago, however, it was not so clear that such developments were legally permissible. On this date in 1976,...

Riley v. New Jersey State Parole Bd., 423 N.J. Super. 224 (App. Div. 2011). The Constitutions of both the United States and New Jersey contain provisions that ban ex post facto laws....

On September 2, 1971, 40 years ago today, an exterminator wrote to Donald Krobatsch to advise that the house that Krobatsch and his wife had contracted to buy from Natalie...

In re Hess, 422 N.J. Super. 27 (App. Div. 2011). Suzanne Hess was employed as a Geographic Information Specialist by the New Jersey Office of Information Technology. She filed an application for a...

Litman v. Cellco Partnership, 655 F.3d 225 (3d Cir. 2011). In AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011), a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court of the United States rejected...

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a former boxer, was convicted, along with a co-defendant, John Artis, of murdering a bartender and two patrons in a Paterson bar in the 1960's. The case became...

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has adopted changes to two appellate rules. Both changes will go into effect on September 1, 2011. First, the list of judgments deemed to...