State in the Interest of E.S., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Judge Sabatino concisely posed the purely legal issue presented on this appeal: "This interlocutory appeal presents an...
State v. Fair, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Here is how Judge Fisher began his opinion for the Appellate Division in this matter: "Defendant was charged in a...
Due to my fifteen-year service on the Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Character, the date of any Supreme Court decision that implicates the Committee on Character is a...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new cases. In two of those matters, the Court granted certification. The third is before the Court on leave...
Today, Chief Justice Rabner issued an order regarding procedures for both the period while the COVID-19 epidemic persists and thereafter. The order runs over six pages and addresses numerous types...
Our Supreme Court denies far more petitions for certification than it grants. Many people think that a denial of certification means that the Court has ruled in favor of the...
On this date in 1970, the Supreme Court decided Paterson Tavern & Grill Owners Ass'n v. Hawthorne, 57 N.J. 180 (1970). The issue in the case was whether an ordinance...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in State v. Higgs. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Was evidence about past internal...
State v. Scudieri, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Whether statutory amendments apply retroactively or prospectively is a recurring issue in the courts. This opinion by Judge Natali addresses...
On this date in 1959, the Supreme Court decided Hodgson v. Applegate, 31 N.J. 29 (1959). Over sixty years later, that opinion is still cited with regularity in cases applying...
