The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five cases. These are the first grants of the current Term. In HC Equities, LP v. County of Union, which as docket numbers A-1/2-20, the question presented, as phrased by ...
Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc., 244 N.J. 119 (2020). As discussed here, the Appellate Division in this employment discrimination case held that an arbitration provision that did not specify a forum or process for the arbitration did not reflect a ...
Libertarians for Transparent Government v. Cumberland County, 465 N.J. Super. 11 (App. Div. 2020). Judge Accurso issued this opinion for the Appellate Division today, the first published opinion in a civil case of this new Term. It arose under the ...
At this time of the year, our Supreme Court and Appellate Division go relatively quiet. But the Third Circuit often reaches a peak. Today, for example, that court issued five published opinions. Here are summaries: Association of New Jersey Rifle ...
In re Ridgefield Park Bd. of Educ., 244 N.J. 1 (2020). The question in this case was whether health insurance premium contribution rates for members of the Ridgefield Park Education Association (“the Association”) were non-negotiable because the subject was pre-empted ...
State by Commissioner of Transportation v. St. Mary’s Church Gloucester, 464 N.J. Super. 579 (App. Div. 2020). This appeal was about how to calculate interest on a portion of a just compensation award that resulted from proceedings for condemnation of ...
New Jersey Republican State Committee v. Murphy, 243 N.J. 574 (2020). As discussed here, the Supreme Court directly certified a challenge to the recently adopted COVID-19 Emergency Bond Act. After hearing oral argument last week, the Court moments ago issued ...
The power outage resulting from last week’s storm put a crimp in much of that week. So it is time once again to catch up with our Supreme Court and Appellate Division, each of whom took highly consequential actions during ...
Sun Chemical Corp. v. Fike Corp., 243 N.J. 319 (2020). This opinion by Justice Solomon today resolved another question (originally, multiple questions, but reformulated into a single question by the Supreme Court) certified by the Third Circuit. That question is ...
Bandler v. Landry’s, Inc., 464 N.J. Super. 311 (App. Div. 2020). Plaintiff, a competitive poker player, saw an advertisement for a “Grand Poker Series” tournament to be held at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City. Plaintiff alleged that the ...