The Supreme Court announced that three more cases have been added to its docket. State v. Carrero, Jr. is before the Court by virtue of a dissent in the Appellate Division. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme ...
I’ve missed a lot of days in the last several weeks. The Supreme Court, however, has been active. The Court announced grants of review in the following cases: In Lee v. Brown, the Court granted leave to appeal. The question ...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted review in three new cases. The cases are an interesting assortment. In State v. Burkett, a criminal case, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office, is “Was ...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted review in two cases. The first matter, Bisbing v. Bisbing, arises out of the Family Part. The Appellate Divsiion’s decision, reported at 445 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 2016), was discussed ...
Chief Judge McKee has announced the formation of a Task Force on Eyewitness Identifications. This seventeen-member body will be co-chaired by Chief Judge McKee and Judge Mitchell Goldberg of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and ...
North Jersey Media Group Inc. v. United States, 836 F.3d 421 (3d Cir. 2016). The 2013 closure of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, which led to extraordinary traffic backups in Fort Lee, has taken on the label of “Bridgegate” ...
In the last ten days, the Supreme Court, nearing the end of its term, has issued a number of opinions. It has been hard to keep up with them all. To catch up, here are brief summaries of the Court’s ...
Doe v. Hesketh, 828 F.3d 159 (3d Cir. 2016). Today, the Third Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Greenaway, ruled in a case of a child victim of federal crimes related to child pornography, under 18 U.S.C. §2255. The government ...
State v. Bueso, 225 N.J. 193 (2016). Today, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of how a trial court should evaluate the competency of a child witness to testify. The child in question, M.C., was a seven-year old girl who ...
In connection with the upcoming Bridgegate trial of Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly, news outlets had asked Judge Wigenton, who is handling the matter in the District Court, to release to the public a list of names of unindicted co-conspirators. ...