Chief justice Rabner was the guest speaker at last night's NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee meeting. He was aware that Judge Vernoia spoke at a previous meeting about appellate briefing, as...
Yesterday, the Senate voted 54-43 to confirm Paul Matey to a seat on the Third Circuit. The vote largely followed party lines, with Senator Joe Manchin (D- WV) the only...
Komis v. Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, 918 F.3d 289 (3d Cir. 2019). This opinion by Judge Scirica today affirmed the result of a jury trial in...
Madar v. Unites States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 918 F.3d 120 (3d Cir. 2019). Having been confirmed by the Senate as the newest member of the Third Circuit in October...
Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C., 237 N.J. 91 (2019). In 1997, the Supreme Court decided Olds v. Donnelly, 150 N.J. 424 (1997). That decision held,...
Mondsini v. Local Finance Board, 458 N.J. Super. 290 (App. Div. 2019). This opinion by Judge Messano deals with an issue under the Local Government Ethics Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.1 to...
United States v. Reese, 917 F.3d 177 (3d Cir. 2019). The Third Circuit issued this opinion today. As Judge Ambro's opinion for the unanimous panel stated at the very beginning,...
In re Robert Brown, Police Sergeant (PM0622N), City of Salem, 458 N.J. Super. 284 (App. Div. 2019). As discussed here, in general, appellate courts will not review issues that were...
Financial Services Vehicle Trust v. Panter, 458 N.J. Super. 244 (App. Div. 2019). This appeal actually involved four consolidated cases, all of them originating in the Small Claims Part of...
Dutton v. Rando, 458 N.J. Super. 213 (App. Div. 2019). In Lesniak v. County of Bergen, 117 N.J. 12 (1989), the Supreme Court stated that expert testimony is not required...
