The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted review in three new cases. One of them is before the Court on leave to appeal, while the other two involve...
The summer schedule for the Appellate Division was announced late yesterday. The Order of Chief Justice Rabner that contains the full schedule is available here. "Summer" (a term not actually...
Garden State Check Cashing Service, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, 237 N.J. 482 (2019). As discussed here, this was the very first appeal of the current...
McClain v. Board of Review, 237 N.J. 445 (2019). This appeal actually involved two consolidated cases, each of which was the subject of a published opinion in the Appellate Division....
Add two more cases to the Supreme Court's docket. One of them is before the Court as of right, by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. In the...
Chirino v. Proud 2 Haul, Inc., 458 N.J. Super. 308 (App. Div. 2017), aff'd o.b., 237 N.J. 440 (2019). There is a long-settled general rule that an appellate court will...
Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela, 139 S. Ct. 407 (2019). In Stolt-Nielsen, S.A. v. AnimalFeedsInt'l Corp., 559 U.S. 662 (2010), the Supreme Court of the United States, by a 5-3...
Susko v. Borough of Belmar, 458 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2019); Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association, 921 F.3d 405 (3d Cir. 2019). Yesterday, while I was in...
It has been announced that the Third Circuit is planning its next Bench-Bar Judicial Conference for a still-to-be-decided date in the spring of 2020. The Conference will take place in...
In re Civil Commitment of C.M., 458 N.J. Super. 563 (App. Div. 2019). The doctrine of mootness enables courts to avoid disputes that are not "live." Today's opinion by Judge...
