President Biden has nominated Justice Tamika Montgomery-Reeves of the Supreme Court of Delaware for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Appointed to the Delaware Supreme Court in...
State v. Smith, 251 N.J. 244 (2022). Here is how Justice Solomon began his opinion for a unanimous Court in this case today: "N.J.S.A. 39:3-74 prohibits operation of a vehicle...
Allen v. Ollie's Bargain Store, Inc., 37 F.4th 890 (3d Cir. 2022). This blog has reported on several Third Circuit cases in which a unanimous panel opinion was accompanied by...
Sipko v. Koger, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2022). This is the second time that this intra-family business divorce case came before the Supreme Court. The first iteration, which dates back...
The last few days have seen three opinions by the Supreme Court in criminal appeals. Here are summaries of those decisions: State v. Rivas, 251 N.J. 132 (2022). This opinion...
Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judges Berdote Byrne, Bishop-Thompson, and Marczyk have each been temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division, effective August 1, 2022. There is no end date for...
Mac Property Group, LLC v. Selective Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. , 473 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2022). [Disclosure: I am counsel for insureds in another appeal regarding the...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in two new cases, State v. A.M. and State v. Oliver. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's...
Bryant v. County of Cumberland, 472 N.J. Super. 626 (App. Div. 2022). In what may be the shortest published opinion of the current Term, Judge Fisher today addressed this "matter...
The last several days have seen some interesting published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries of three of them: Petro v. Platkin, 472 N.J. Super. 536 (App. Div....
