On this date in 1975, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Southern Burlington Cty. NAACP v. Mount Laurel Tp., 67 N.J. 151 (1975). There, the Court held that each...
GMAC v. Pittella, 205 N.J. 572 (2011). In Wein v. Morris, 194 N.J. 364 (2008), the Supreme Court used its rulemaking power to amend Rule 2:2-3(a) to add orders compelling arbitration to...
State v. Miller, 205 N.J. 79 (2011). Today, live court reporters are rare in state courts. Most courtrooms rely on video or audio recording of trials instead. The issue in this multi-count...
Jennings v. Borough of Highlands, 418 N.J. Super. 405 (App. Div. 2011). "The right to protest zoning amendments has existed in this State for more than eighty years." A successful protest under...
White Tp. v. Castle Ridge Development Corp., 419 N.J. Super. 68 (App. Div. 2011). A developer, Castle Ridge, got approval to build a fifteen-lot subdivision. A developer's agreement that Castle Ridge signed with...
State v. Shelley, 205 N.J. 320 (2011). Statutory interpretation questions pop up endlessly. In this case, defendant was accused of selling cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-7, which criminalizes drug...
Saffos v. Avaya, Inc., 419 N.J. Super. 244 (App. Div. 2011). A jury found that defendant Avaya's termination of plaintiff's employment had violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("NJLAD"), in that...
Estate of Desir v. Vertus, 418 N.J. Super. 310 (App. Div. 2011). "[W]here an imperiled person draws in another to his predicament, it is foreseeable that the person drawn in will be...
Vas v. Roberts, 418 N.J. Super. 509 (App. Div. 2011). Former Assemblyman Joseph Vas was indicted while in office for crimes of public corruption. In response to those indictments, then Assembly Speaker...
Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Ass'n v. Christie, 418 N.J. Super. 499 (App. Div. 2011). In 1999, the Legislature authorized electric and gas public utilities to impose a "societal benefits charge" on customers...
