Due to the press of other work, it's been awhile since this blog reported on Supreme Court and published Appellate Division decisions. There are four opinions to discuss, one of which addressed two cases in a single ruling. Here are summaries:...
This week began with two published opinions by the Appellate Division in different areas of municipal land use. Here are summaries:...
[Couldn't resist the title given last week's major blizzard in New Jersey] Last week was a big week for decisions in criminal appeals. All three of the Supreme Court's opinions last week, and both of last week's published Appellate Division opinions, were in criminal cases. Here are summaries....
Paciorkowski v. Jetson Electric Bikes LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2026). Plaintiff, an attorney, filed a putative class action for consumer fraud and on other theories against defendant He alleged that he had purchased three electric bikes from defendant, that the bikes had several problems that made them essentially unusable by adults, and that New Jersey law effectively made the bikes illegal to use in New Jersey....
On March 19, 2018, the Appellate Division issued guidelines setting forth the criteria considered by the court in reviewing applications for permission to file an emergent motion and offered examples of how those guidelines are applied. Yesterday, the Appellate Division issued an amendment that addresses the procedures for emergent applications after hours, on weekends, or on holidays....
Pine Ridge Realty Associates, LLC v. A.O., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2026). One might think that there are no novel legal issues in landlord-tenant law. Today's opinion by Judge Bishop-Thompson shows the error of that belief....
While this blog was on hiatus for much of January, the Appellate Division was in high gear, issuing thirteen published opinions. Here are summaries of some of those opinions:...
Due to a confluence of factors, the most recent post on this blog was in the first week of January. This post, and others to follow, will catch up with the activities of our appellate courts for the rest of January....
On Thursday, January 8, judges on the Appellate Division's Part C will hear oral argument in eighteen consolidated cases, the first listed one captioned Tabei v. Bally's Park Place, LLC. Each of the cases was brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, alleging that plaintiffs were discriminated against, based on their ages, in Bally's' hiring of bartenders for a new bar, the "Boardwalk Saloon." Plaintiffs appeal a summary judgment for defendants in all cases....
The last two weeks have seen no Supreme Court opinions. But the Appellate Division published three opinions, two of them in the criminal realm and one civil appeal. Here are summaries, to close out 2025:...
