February 29 comes around only every four years (all right, every four years except for certain years that end in double zeros). February 29 was the birthdate of Frederic, the...
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...
As discussed here, the en banc Third Circuit was to hear oral argument in this case today, and it did so this morning. The audio of that oral argument, which...
The Supreme Court has published for comments the report of its Civil Practice Committee. The report is available here. The Committee has proposed revisions to three appellate rules. There are...
Templo Fuente De Vida Corp. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co., 224 N.J. 189 (2016). Insurance policies normally require insureds to provide timely notice of claims against them to their...
Silviera-Francisco v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ., 224 N.J. 126 (2016). "Whether a trial court order is final or interlocutory has bedeviled courts and attorneys for decades." So said Judge Cuff...
Retired Justice Marie Garibaldi died last Friday at age 81. A 1959 graduate of Columbia University Law School (her class included just twelve women, one of whom was Ruth Bader...
Last night's meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Appellate Practice Committee featured Judge Fisher. He took questions and discussed various issues of practice and the preferences of Appellate...
Major v. Maguire, 224 N.J. 1 (2016). The Grandparent Visitation Statute, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1, permits grandparents to apply for visitation rights with their grandchildren even where the children's parents object. In...
This first post of 2016 reminds us all that appellate courts all have rules that dictate even mundane matters, such as the color of brief covers. Appellate judges take those...
