Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, 133 S.Ct. 1426 (2013). In this antitrust class action case, the Supreme Court of the United States split 5-4, among all too predictable lines. The majority, in a...

Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, 133 S.Ct. 1345 (2013). Class action plaintiffs often prefer, for strategic or tactical reasons, to bring their cases in state courts, while class action defendants normally...

Chafin v. Chafin, 133 S.Ct. 1017 (2013). Mr. Chafin, a United States citizen serving in the military, and Ms. Chafin, a citizen of the United Kingdom, had a daughter, E.C. When...

Today is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). That decision, written by Justice Blackmun, an appointee of President Nixon, and joined in by Justices as...

The Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari to review the decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans, 675 F.3d 215...

On this date in 1944, the Supreme Court of the United States issued another of what scholars have rated the five worst decisions that the Court has ever made. That...

DePascale v. State of New Jersey, 211 N.J. 40 (2012). Article VI, section 6, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution states that "[t]he Justices of the Supreme Court and...

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012). Today, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 to uphold the constitutionality of the so-called "individual mandate," a centerpiece...

Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd., 132 S.Ct. 1997 (2012). About seventeen months ago, the Appellate Division had a personal injury protection (PIP) case, Perez v. Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 417 N.J. Super....

Yesterday's New York Times contained a column by Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court of the United States, entitled "Are Oral Arguments Worth Arguing About?" That column makes the...