Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 423 N.J. Super. 140 (App. Div. 2011). The Newark Star-Ledger filed a request under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1...

In Nostrame v. Santiago, 420 N.J. Super. 427 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division held that an attorney whose client replaced him with another attorney could not sue...

Schulmann v. Director, New Jersey Div. of Taxation, 423 N.J. Super. 333 (App. Div. 2011). Daniel Schulmann used personal funds to pay certain commissions that two "S corporations" were contractually obligated to pay to...

Animal Protection League of New Jersey v. New Jersey Dep't of Environmental Protection, 423 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 2011). With the coming of this season often comes an effort by the...

State v. Yough, 208 N.J. 385 (2011). The main focus of this opinion by Justice Albin was whether the Law Division abused its discretion in declining to grant a mistrial when a...

Kane Properties, LLC v. City of Hoboken, 423 N.J. Super. 49 (App. Div. 2011). Plaintiff had obtained use variances from Hoboken's Zoning Board of Adjustment. Those variances allowed plaintiff to build a high-rise...

New Jersey DYFS v. I.S.. 423 N.J. Super. 124 (App. Div. 2011). The Appellate Division is often asked to reconsider its decisions. It does so only rarely, and even more rarely does...

On November 18, an Appellate Division panel consisting of Judges Carchman, Fisher and Nugent denied the State's motion for a stay pending the appeal, now before the Supreme Court on...

The Supreme Court's grant last Thursday of direct certification of the judges' pension case, DePascale v. New Jersey, has generated some controversy. Governor Christie, for example, criticized the Court for preempting Appellate Division review....

Rockaway Shoprite Associates, Inc. v. City of Linden, 424 N.J. Super. 337 (App. Div. 2011). For many years, a large General Motors assembly plant occupied a 47.5 acre site in...