According to a report on nj.com today, Governor Christie is withdrawing his nomination of Robert Hanna to the Supreme Court. Hanna and Governor Christie's other Supreme Court nominee, Monmouth County...
This post is by my colleague Jeffrey A. Shooman. He discusses an important criminal law decision that the Appellate Division issued today. State v. Saavedra, 433 N.J. Super. 501 (App. Div. 2013). At...
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that Judges Garry S. Rothstadt and Amy O'Connor will be elevated to the Appellate Division effective December 16, 2013. Judge Rothstadt is a graduate of...
As noted here, it is highly unusual for Appellate Division not-for-publication opinions to be signed, as opposed to being issued per curiam. Today, however, two of the four opinions issued...
Procopio v. Gov't Employees Ins. Co., 433 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2013). As Judge Parrillo stated in today's opinion, rulings of trial level judges on discovery matters, and on whether...
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...
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...
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...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has published "The Appellate Lawyer Representatives' Guide to Practice in the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit." That Guide is available...
Today was the day that the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on the nomination to the Supreme Court of Camden County Superior Court Judge Fausto Fernandez-Vina. The hearing featured...
