NJ Appellate Law Blog – NJ Appellate Lawyer Bruce D. Greenberg blogs about Appeals and Appellate Law Practice

Supreme Court Nomination Logjam is Broken

Governonr Chris Christie and Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney have reached agreement on how to handle the long-pending Supreme Court nomination of Anne Patterson. The Governor will withdraw her nomination...

Judge Stern Writes a 4-3 Majority Opinion, and Justice Rivera-Soto Joins That Opinion

State v. W.B., 205 N.J. 588 (2011). After some twists and turns, recounted here, Justice Rivera-Soto stated that he would vote in cases where Judge Stern, who has been temporarily assigned to...

Professor Williams Speaks on "The New Jersey Supreme Court's Independence Under Fire"

Professor Robert Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers-Camden School of Law, was the speaker at the 22nd annual Alice Sofis Evangelides Lecture at the Eagleton Institute of Rutgers University,...

State Senate Calls on Justice Rivera-Soto to Resign

More than two months after Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto provoked a crisis regarding the temporary appointment of Appellate Division Presiding Judge Edwin Stern to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant...

Justice Rivera-Soto Will Now Vote (Most of the Time)

Hopewell Valley Citizens Group v. Berwind, 204 N.J. 569 (2011). This was a case focused on whether a citizens group that objected to a development had timely filed a prerogative writ appeal....

Justice Rivera-Soto Says Farewell

Today, Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto notified Governor Christie that he did not wish to be reappointed to the Supreme Court when his seven-year initial term ends later this year. Justice Rivera-Soto...

Parrillo Promoted

With the recent retirement of Judge Skillman, Judge Parrillo has been promoted to Presiding Judge of Part A. Judge Skillman remains with Part A on recall....

Justices Behaving Badly

Henry v. New Jersey Dep't of Human Services, 204 N.J. 320 (2010), and Johnson v. Johnson, 204 N.J. 529 (2010). These two decisions will not be remembered for the facts or holdings of the...

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With the Appellate Division's Recess Over, The Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week is Another Waiver of Arbitration Case

On Tuesday, April 29, judges on Part F of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Newport Associates Development Co. v. Chubb Ins. Co. The appeal arises out of the denial by the Law Division of the motion of defendant AIG Specialty Insurance Company ("ASIC") to compel arbitration of plaintiffs' claim for indemnity in connection with underlying litigation with Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and Public Service Electric and Gas Company. The Law Division held that ASIC had waived its contractual right to demand arbitration....

Another Quartet of New Cases for the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new appeals. Three are from unpublished opinions of the Appellate Division, while the fourth is from a published decision in a criminal case....

A Recess for the Appellate Division, and for This Blog

The Appellate Division is in a recess this week and next. No oral arguments will occur during that period....

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Has the School Funding Reform Act Denied Lakewood Public School Students the Constitutionally-Required "Thorough and Efficient" Education?

On Tuesday, April 8, judges on Part D will hear oral argument in Alcantar v. Allen-McMillan, a case filed in 2014 in which the Appellate Division has ruled before, 475 N.J. Super. 56 (App. Div. 2023). This appeal follows on the Appellate Division's prior ruling, unappealed by the State...