Today, the Supreme Court issued an order granting direct certification in DePascale v. New Jersey. The question presented, as summarized by the Supreme Court Clerk's Office, is "as applied to certain justices and judges,...
Since today, November 8, is Election Day, what better case could there be to highlight than In re Contest of November 8, 2005, 192 N.J. 546 (2007)? Not only did that...
Barna v. Maldonado, 2011 WL 5244968 (App. Div. Nov. 4, 2011). The two appellants, who were plaintiffs in this case, appeared pro se. In the Law Division, they had won a jury...
In Prime Accounting Dep't v. Tp. of Carney's Point, 421 N.J. Super. 199 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a tax appeal complaint for lack...
The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has issued his Annual Report, entitled "Judicial Business of the United States Courts." The report, available here, is over...
The New Jersey Judiciary has released its 2010-11 court year report. During the past year, according to that report, the Supreme Court of New Jersey received 1,184 petitions for certification....
On November 2, 1987, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided O'Malley v. Department of Energy, 109 N.J. 309 (1987). That case involved a civil service employee who had been...
Dugan v. TGI Friday's, 2011 WL 5041391 (App. Div. Oct. 25, 2011). Plaintiff bought a beer at the bar of a TGI Friday's restaurant and was charged $2.00. She then moved...
D'Alessandro v. Hartzel, 422 N.J. Super. 575 (App. Div. 2011). Every so often, the Appellate Division decides a case involving a "simple negligence" claim. This opinion, by Judge Parrillo, is such a...
Santos-Reyes v. United States, 660 F.3d 196 (3d Cir. 2011). Under 8 U.S.C. §1229b(a), an alien who could otherwise be deported from the United States can have the deportation cancelled if the...
