This afternoon, the Supreme Court issued an Order denying plaintiffs’ petition for certification in this election matter. As the Order notes, that disposition moots plaintiffs’ request for emergent relief. The special elections will thus go forward in accordance with Governor Christie’s ...
This blog previously posed the question “Is Mandatory Judicial Retirement at 70 Unconstitutional?” That was because some Pennsylvania judges had challenged that state’s requirement that judges retire at age 70, which led to speculation about whether New Jersey’s own mandatory ...
The Supreme Court has issued a schedule for briefing on the emergent appeal by parties challenging Governor Christie’s scheduling of special elections to fill the United States Senate seat held by Senator Lautenberg before his death. The Appellate Division had ruled against plaintiffs. ...
Having agreed to review on an emergent basis an attack on Governor Christie’s decision to schedule a special primary in August and a general election in October to fill the United States Senate seat that had been held by Senator ...
Henebema v. South Jersey Transportation Authority, 430 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2013). The key issue in this case, in which the opinion of the Appellate Division was written by Judge Fasciale, was whether a judge or a jury is to decide “whether defendants ...
Article VI, section 6, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution provides that Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Superior Court “shall be retired upon attaining the age of 70 years.” Pennsylvania’s Constitution, Article 5, section 16(b), ...
In re Letter Decision of the Committee on Attorney Advertising, Docket No. 47-2007, 213 N.J. 171 (2013). New Jersey Rule of Professional Conduct 7.5 requires that a law firm’s name “include the full or last names of one or more of the ...
Tatham v. Tatham, 429 N.J. Super. 502 (App. Div. 2013). It is not often that a family law opinion touches on so many fundamental procedural issues. This opinion by Judge Fisher addresses subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and service ...
Chafin v. Chafin, 133 S.Ct. 1017 (2013). Mr. Chafin, a United States citizen serving in the military, and Ms. Chafin, a citizen of the United Kingdom, had a daughter, E.C. When Mr. Chafin was deployed to Afghanistan, Ms. Chafin took E.C. ...
Interstate Outdoor Advertising, L.P. v. Mt. Laurel Tp. Bd. of Adj., 706 F.3d 527 (3d Cir. 2013). The Township of Mount Laurel, best known for its role in a series of affordable housing cases named for the Township, enacted an expressly content-neutral ...