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....
On January 3, 2005, the Supreme Court began livestreaming its oral arguments. As it happens, a case I was involved in was the first argument that day and, therefore, the first to be livestreamed. The Court has continued that practice ever since....
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:...
State v. Lodzinski, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Today, the Supreme Court voted 4-3 to reverse ...