Gilbert v. Stewart, ___ N.J. ___ (2021); H.C. Equities, L.P. v. County of Union, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). So far this week, the Supreme Court has issued two opinions, with one more scheduled for issuance tomorrow. Both decisions were unanimous ...

Zilberberg v. Board of Trustees, Teachers’ Pension & Annuity Fund, ___ N.J. Siper. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Barbara Zilberg, a former school psychologist, got a pension loan in 2004 from the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund (“TPAF”). Judge Whipple’s opinion ...

Talmadge Village, LLC v. Wilson, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This short (six-page) opinion by Judge Enright today focuses on the effect of Governor Murphy’s Executive Order No. 106. That Executive Order, issued on March 19, 2020, following ...

Jeff Horn is an attorney in Toms River. He is the host of a podcast called “The Bold Sidebar.” Jeff summarizes the topic of that podcast as “all things New Jersey Supreme Court.” In over 80 installments of that podcast, ...

Temple v. Temple, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). When plaintiff Jeffrey Temple and defendant Cynthia Temple divorced, they entered into a marital settlement agreement, incorporated into their 2004 dual judgment of divorce, under which Jeffery was to pay ...

The Appellate Division issued four published opinions this week (two on Monday and two yesterday). Here are summaries of those rulings: Wilhelm v. Ryder Logistics & Transportation Solutions, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). This case actually involved four ...

In re Renewal Application of TEAM Academy Charter School, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice Patterson’s decision for a unanimous Supreme Court today addressed whether, when considering the expansion applications of seven Newark charter schools, the Commissioner of Education was required ...

Simmons v. Mercado, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice Pierre-Louis issued this unanimous opinion for the Supreme Court today. The issue was “whether a records request for complaint-summonses from a municipal police department is proper under the Open Public Records Act ...

Richter v. Oakland Bd. of Educ., ___ N.J. ___ (2021). Justice LaVecchia wrote the opinion in this important Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) case for a unanimous Court. There were two questions: whether the fact that the plaintiff teacher sought and ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new matters. As is often the case, they are a varied group. In Lapsley v. Sparta Tp., the question presented is “Were petitioner’s injuries, which resulted when she was ...