Yesterday, President Obama resubmitted the nomination of Judge Shwartz for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, one of 33 judicial renominations (and one of seven Circuit Court renominations)...
On this date in 2005, the Supreme Court of New Jersey began to provide live webcasts of its oral arguments. The very first case argued, NCP Litigation Trust v. KPMG...
This first post of 2013 discusses a fundamental principle of appellate review: "our appellate courts will decline to consider questions or issues not properly presented to the trial court when...
Onyx Leasing Systems, Inc. v. Stevens, 2012 N.J. Super. Unpubl. LEXIS 2830 (App. Div. Dec. 28, 2012). Amercement is a cause of action that, according to the per curiam opinion in...
As reported here, the Supreme Court of New Jersey previously granted review of Hoffman v. Supplements Togo Management, LLC, 419 N.J. Super. 596 (App. Div. 2011), a putative consumer class action...
The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari to review the decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans, 675 F.3d 215...
Chiarello v. PERS Bd. of Trustees, 429 N.J. Super. 194 (App. Div. 2012). This opinion by Judge Fisher addressed the question of whether the application of plaintiff for a disability retirement from...
L&W Supply Corp. v. DeSilva, 429 N.J. Super. 179 (App. Div. 2012). In Craft v. Stevenson Lumber Yard, Inc., 179 N.J. 56 (2004), the Supreme Court ruled that a supplier of materials...
On this date in 1944, the Supreme Court of the United States issued another of what scholars have rated the five worst decisions that the Court has ever made. That...
The Supreme Court announced this morning that it has granted certification in Beim v. Hulfish, 427 N.J. Super. 560 (App. Div. 2012). The decision of the Appellate Division was discussed here. The...