On March 25, 1986, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Goldman v. Weinberger, 475 U.S. 503 (1986). Simcha Goldman, an ordained rabbi and an Orthodox Jew, was serving...

Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, ___ U.S. ___ (2016). This decision, issued today, is one of several closely-watched class action cases at the Supreme Court of the United States this year....

Today, President Obama made his nomination to fill the seat that came open when Justice Scalia died. The nominee is Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland of the District of Columbia...

Within hours of the death of Justice Scalia, talk turned to who President Obama might nominate to fill his seat, and whether the United States Senate would consider that nomination...

Mammaro v. New Jersey Div. of Child Protection & Permanency, 814 F.3d 164 (3d Cir. 2016). In this case, plaintiff brought a civil rights case against the New Jersey Division...

Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States died yesterday. Born in Trenton, New Jersey on March 11, 1936, he was 79 at his death. A graduate...

Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 136 S. Ct. 846 (2016). The Supreme Court of the United States has made some dreadful decisions in the class action area, including notorious rulings restricting...

Today, Heffernan v. City of Paterson was argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. [Disclosure: My partner Victor Afanador handled this matter on behalf of defendants in the...

My three-week trial ended late last week, with a successful jury verdict. But June was a very busy month in the world of New Jersey appellate practice, with numerous important...

On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896). This is another of the Court's "Supreme Mistakes," as voted by...