Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB v. Daw, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Judge Sabatino issued this opinion for the Appellate Division today, in a case that arises out of Superstorm Sandy. It consumes 36 pages and is well ...

Green Knight Capital, LLC v. Calderon, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This was an action to foreclose a tax sale certificate. The sequence of procedural events was somewhat out of order. The bottom line was that the Chancery ...

In the recent period, the Third Circuit has published a small number of opinions. Here are summaries of some of those decisions: Mallet and Company Inc. v. Lacayo, ___ F.4th ___ (3d Cir. 2021). This was a trade secret and ...

Phoenix Pinelands Corp. v. Davidoff, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Today’s opinion by Judge Accurso in this case clocked in at 175 pages. It is the longest opinion of the current Term and may be the longest opinion ...

BV001 REO Blocker, LLC v. 53 West Somerset Properties, LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Judge Ostrer’s opinion in this case, issued today, may become the new “go-to” source in cases seeking to invoke Rule 4:50-1(f). That Rule ...

New York Mortgage Trust v. Deely, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Every few years, the Appellate Division publishes an opinion about equitable subrogation. Equitable subrogation, “rooted in principles of equity, is used to compel the ultimate discharge of ...

The Bank of New York Mellon v. Corradetti, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). As discussed here, this case came before the Supreme Court on an appeal as of right, based on a dissent in the Appellate Division. The issue was whether ...

Tarta Luna Properties, LLC v. Harvest Restaurants Group, LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). In summary, the parties entered into a long-term lease of a restaurant space, to which defendants (the tenant) intended to make substantial renovations. The ...

Ippolito v. Ippolito, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020); Garden State Investment v. Township of Brick, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). Each of the last two days saw published opinions by Judge Fisher. Each one was short, ...

Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ___ Fed. Appx. ___ (3d Cir. 2020). This blog does not often cover non-precedential decisions of appellate courts. But today’s opinion by Judge Bibas (a Trump appointee), in which ...