As part of its constitutional duty to administer all courts in New Jersey, the Supreme Court sometimes finds it necessary to discipine judges. On this date in 2006, the Court decided In re Mathesius, 188 N.J. 496 (2006). The decision ...
Rarer Than a Purple Cow: Denial of Certification, Reconsideration, and Then a Grant of Certification
On this date in 1991, a rarity occurred. In Perini Corp. v. Greate Bay Hotel & Casino, Inc., 127 N.J. 546 (1991), the Supreme Court had denied both a petition and a cross-petition for certification. Reconsideration was sought, and the ...
Since today is Election Day, it is an especially appropriate time to revisit the Supreme Court’s decision in In re Attorney General’s “Directive on Exit Polling: Media and Non-Partisan Public Interest Groups,“ 200 N.J. 283 (2009). There, the Court addressed a ...
On this date in 1996, the Supreme Court decided Strasenburgh v. Straubmuller, 146 N.J. 527 (1996). Justice O’Hern’s opinion for a unanimous Court addressed a number of intricate issues involving the Business Corporation Act, N.J.S.A. 14A:1-1 to 16-4. Ironically, many ...
On this date in 1974, with a one-sentence summary affirmance of the Appellate Division, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Little League Baseball, Inc. had to admit girls aged eight to twelve to participate in its baseball programs in ...
ZF Meritor, LLC v. Eaton Corp., 696 F.3d 254 (3d Cir. 2012). This is a rare antitrust case that went to trial and resulted in a plaintiffs’ verdict. The 2-1 decision of the Third Circuit, with the majority opinion by ...
On this date in 1956, the Appellate Division decided Romano v. Maglio, 41 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 1956). For 56 years, that opinion, written by Judge Clapp for himself and Judges Jayne and Francis, has been the gold standard ...
The end of August is usually a relatively sleepy period in terms of Supreme Court decisions. On this date in 1989, however, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Printing Mart v. Sharp Electronics, 116 N.J. 739 (1989). That opinion discusses ...
On this date in 2002, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided Lonegan v. State, 174 N.J. 435 (2002). There, plaintiffs mounted a challenge to numerous types of state “contract debt” (that is, “bonds issued by an independent state authority on ...
In Abbott v. Burke, the long-running saga regarding school funding that began with what is now known as Abbott I, 100 N.J. 269 (1985), and continues today, the Supreme Court has issued more than twenty decisions. As a result, the odds ...