NJ Appellate Law Blog – NJ Appellate Lawyer Bruce D. Greenberg blogs about Appeals and Appellate Law Practice

The Days Before Christmas

No one can say that in the days before Christmas, "not a creature was stirring" in our appellate courts. The Supreme Court issued one decision and the Appellate Division published...

The Supreme Court Will Review Four Unpublished Appellate Division Decisions

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new matters. All of those involve unpublished opinions of the Appellate Division. In State v. Taylor, the question presented...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Are New Jersey's "Anti-Fusion" Laws, Which Prevent Minor Parties From Cross-Nominating Candidates Also Nominated by a Major Party, Unconstitutional?

Tomorrow, December 10, judges on Part E will hear oral argument in In re Tom Malinowski, Petition for Nomination for General Election, November 8, 2022, for United States House of...

An Anniversary in Administrative Law

On December 4, 1973, the Supreme Court decided Mayflower Sec. Co. v. Bureau of Securities, 64 N.J. 85 (1973). The Bureau of Securities had suspended the registration of Mayflower, a...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Are Disciplinary Grievance Arbitrations in the Public Sector Preempted by 2020 Regulations Under Title IX of the Education Amendment Acts of 1972?

Tomorrow, December 3, Part F will hear oral argument in In re Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and AFSCME Local 888. The issue is whether the Public Employment...

As November Ends …

Filings in the Appellate Division and the Supreme Court in the last few days interfered with blogging about three published opinions that the Appellate Division issued during that time. Here...

Editorial- The 2024 Presidential Election

[Disclosure/disclaimer: As with all posts labeled "Editorial," this post reflects the views only of its author. The views expressed do not purport to represent those of Lite DePalma Greenberg &...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: The School Ethics Act vs. The First Amendment

Tomorrow, October 29, judges on Part F will hear oral argument in Donnerstag v. Koenig. The appeal is from a decision of the School Ethics Commission. The case arose from...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Can Sea Bright Seek to Withdraw From the Oceanport School District and Join a Different District?

On Tuesday, October 1, judges on Part F will hear oral argument in In the Matter of the Verified Petition for the Proposed Creation of a PK-12 All-Purpose Regional School...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Did the State Act Ultra Vires in Exercising Supersession Authority to Take Over the City of Paterson Police Department?

On Tuesday, September 24, three judges sitting in Part D of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Bulur v. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. The...

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With the Appellate Division's Recess Over, The Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week is Another Waiver of Arbitration Case

On Tuesday, April 29, judges on Part F of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Newport Associates Development Co. v. Chubb Ins. Co. The appeal arises out of the denial by the Law Division of the motion of defendant AIG Specialty Insurance Company ("ASIC") to compel arbitration of plaintiffs' claim for indemnity in connection with underlying litigation with Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and Public Service Electric and Gas Company. The Law Division held that ASIC had waived its contractual right to demand arbitration....

Another Quartet of New Cases for the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new appeals. Three are from unpublished opinions of the Appellate Division, while the fourth is from a published decision in a criminal case....

A Recess for the Appellate Division, and for This Blog

The Appellate Division is in a recess this week and next. No oral arguments will occur during that period....

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Has the School Funding Reform Act Denied Lakewood Public School Students the Constitutionally-Required "Thorough and Efficient" Education?

On Tuesday, April 8, judges on Part D will hear oral argument in Alcantar v. Allen-McMillan, a case filed in 2014 in which the Appellate Division has ruled before, 475 N.J. Super. 56 (App. Div. 2023). This appeal follows on the Appellate Division's prior ruling, unappealed by the State...