Racing to meet an August 2 deadline for putting on the November ballot a proposal to amend the New Jersey Constitution in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in DePascale v. New Jersey, both houses of the Legislature voted today ...
State v. Palma, 426 N.J. Super. 510 (App. Div. 2012). Just as we do not often see a not-for-publication opinion signed by its author, it is not usual for an opinion issued for publication to be designated per curiam. This decision, by ...
In decisions by two different Third Circuit panels today, in two different criminal cases, the court reversed the same District of New Jersey judge and remanded the cases for reassignment to a different judge. United States v. Bergrin, 682 F.3d 261 (3d ...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey have each had electronic filing for a number of years. Now, the Appellate Division is moving toward electronic filing as well. At ...
As of March 16, Judge Carchman reaches mandatory retirement age. With Judge Carchman’s consent, Chief Justice Rabner has issued an order recalling him to service on Part F of the Appellate Division through August 31, 2012. In a separate order, ...
Rules 2:9-5 and 2:9-6 provide that an appellant who seeks a stay of a judgment pending appeal must, ordinarily, post a supersedeas bond or cash deposit “for the satisfaction of the judgment in full, together with interest and trial costs” and any ...
The Supreme Court’s Civil Practice Committee has issued its biannual report on proposed changes to the New Jersey Court Rules. Some of the proposed amendments affect the Part II (Appellate) rules. Those proposed changes are as follows: Rule 2:11-6 would be ...
Ducey v. Ducey, 424 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2012). After a fourteen-day trial, a Family Part judge entered a judgment of divorce and stated that “the underlying opinion will be sent shortly.” Not until three months later did the judge forward her ...
Today, I had the pleasure of arguing an important case involving choice of law, statute of limitations, and federal preemption issues before the Court. But only one Justice, Justice Lavecchia, was present. The Chief Justice and Justices Long, Albin, Hoens ...
In an order entered yesterday and issued per curiam, on behalf of the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee directed that “a three-judge Standing Motions Panel is hereby appointed to rule on all motions to exceed the page/word ...