Smith v. Hudson County Register, 2011 WL 1529730 (App. Div. April 25, 2011). This opinion, by Judge Sabatino, applied the catalyst doctrine to an Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") case. In Mason...
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...
On this date in 2008, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Wein v. Morris, 194 N.J. 364 (2008). That case involved an order dismissing a lawsuit and directing that...
State v. Witczak, 2011 WL 1364012 (App. Div. April 12, 2011). This blog usually is allergic to criminal decisions. But this criminal case involved a virtually even split in the federal Circuit Courts...
Yousef v. General Dynamics Corp., 205 N.J. 543 (2011). In deciding where a case can be brought, New Jersey courts normally honor the plaintiff's choice of forum, especially where the plaintiff is a...
On April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order No. 10340. That Executive Order directed the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of and operate most of the steel...
Arizona Christian School Tuition Org. v. Winn, 131 S. Ct. 1436 (2011). New Jersey law may occasionally be difficult to fathom, but at least New Jersey does not have the sometimes bizarre...
The Supreme Court has granted certification to review the decision in Cornett v. Johnson & Johnson, 414 N.J. Super. 365 (App. Div. 2010). [Disclosure: I am co-counsel for plaintiffs in Cornett]. That...
On April Fool's Day, 1968, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided McLaughlin v. Bassing, 51 N.J. 410 (1968). In a one-sentence ruling, the Court reversed the Appellate Division's dismissal...
The Supreme Court has amended Rule 1:13-9, which deals with amici curiae. The amendment provides that where the Supreme Court or the Appellate Division has directed the parties to submit...
