Earlier today, the full Senate voted 38-0 to confirm Judge Fernandez-Vina to take the Supreme Court seat that had been occupied by Justice Hoens. The Supreme Court then announced that...
Harte v. Hand, 433 N.J. Super. 457 (App. Div. 2013). Today's opinion, by Judge Koblitz, in these consolidated cases addresses the circumstance in which a father has child support obligations...
There are many, many decisions, including this published ruling by Judge Lihotz, that implement the directive of Rule 1:7-4 that a trial judge "shall, by an opinion or memorandum decision, either...
Five years ago today, the Appellate Division decided Grow Company, Inc. v. Chokshi, 403 N.J. Super. 443 (App. Div. 2008). There, Judge Fisher, writing for the panel, produced a seminal...
Most judges dislike briefs that assert that an adversary's legal argument is "ridiculous," "absurd," "preposterous," or the like. Judges often say that a statement that an opposing position is "without...
Lone Star Nat'l Bank, N.A. v. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., 729 F.3d 421 (5th Cir. 2013). In September, the Fifth Circuit issued this short opinion that interprets and applies New...
Suser v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, 433 N.J. Super. 317 (App. Div. 2013). Though also embodied in N.J.S.A. 2A:62-1, an action to quiet title is a classic equitable remedy that allows...
Advance at Branchburg, II, LLC v. Branchburg Tp. Bd. of Adj., 433 N.J. Super. 247 (App. Div. 2013). The normal, strict standards for a use variance, as expressed in Medici...
Petrozzi v. City of Ocean City, 433 N.J. Super. 290 (App. Div. 2013). This case presented a concept of basic contract law– impossibility of performance– in an unusual setting. Judge Parrillo...
Delaware Coalition for Open Government, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013). It is rare that judges, and a court, are defendants in a lawsuit. It is even...
