Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court decided Gallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, 191 N.J. 344 (2007). It was the first time that the Court focused on the meaning of the term “blighted areas” in Article VII, ...
In recent years, acceptance by the Supreme Court of questions certified to it by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals under Rule 2:12A has become somewhat more frequent, though still not a regular occurrence. Today, May 16, however, is the ...
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited v. SAC Capital Management, LLC, 450 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2017). Judge Fisher often is able to write remarkably concise opinions, as shown (for example) here and here. In this appeal, however, Judge Fisher set the ...
On this date in 2003, the Appellate Division decided Seacoast Builders Corp. v. Rutgers, 358 N.J. Super. 524 (App. Div. 2003). This was a relatively rare case in which the Appellate Division exercised original jurisdiction under Rule 2:10-5 to decide ...
One might not think that February 2, a date in the dead of winter, would have anything to do with access to New Jersey’s beaches. But on this date in 1984, the Supreme Court decided Matthews v. Bay Head Improvement ...
Givaudan Fragrances Corp. v. Aetna Cas. & Surety Co., 227 N.J. 322 (2017). Today’s opinion by Justice LaVecchia, a 6-0 ruling (Justice Albin did not participate) aligned New Jersey with the majority of jurisdictions on an issue of insurance law. ...
McCarrell v. Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., 227 N.J. 569 (2017). Justice Albin’s opinion for a unanimous (6-0, with Justice Patterson not participating) Court today referred to “our evolving choice-of-law jurisprudence.” Today’s opinion, which adopted the test of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict ...
Today is inauguration day for Donald Trump. He and his designee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, might take a lesson from a decision issued on this date in 1983 by a unanimous Supreme ...
State of New Jersey in the Interest of A.R., 447 N.J. Super. 485 (App. Div. 2016). Judge Sabatino teaches at Rutgers-Camden Law School. Students there pay to be educated by him. Readers of his judicial opinions on evidence can get ...
Have you ever wondered about the very first opinion ever to appear in New Jersey Reports? If not (and it’s certainly more than understandable if you have not expended time thinking about that), today is the day to do so, ...