On this date in 1986, the Supreme Court decided Ridgewood v. Bolder Foundation, 104 N.J. 337 (1986). The issue there was “whether a taxpayer may reduce, for real estate tax assessment purposes, the value of property because of a conservation ...
The courts are closed today for Veterans Day, so it is an opportunity to catch up on two grants of certification that the Supreme Court issued last week. Both involve criminal matters. In State v. Konecny, the question presented, as ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four new appeals. As is often the case, the nature of those matters is very varied. In Goldhagen v. Pasmowitz, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s ...
As expected, and deserved, the Senate voted yesterday to grant tenure to Justice Fernandez-Vina. The vote was 34-0. This extends the Justice’s service on the Court into February 2022, when he will turn 70. Congratulations, Justice Fernandez-Vina! ...
Governor Murphy’s nomination of Justice Fernandez-Vina for tenure on the Supreme Court until age 70 got a unanimous endorsement from the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday. Senators had only positive things to say about him. The full Senate is expected ...
On this date in 1977, the Supreme Court decided Baxter v. Fairmont Food Co., 74 N.J. 588 (1977). The Court’s unanimous opinion, written by Chief Justice Hughes, has been cited nearly 500 times by judicial decisions in the 43 years ...
As described in an Order of Disposition of Emergent Application in State v. Dangcil, the Supreme Court was presented with a motion “seeking leave to appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, affirming the trial court’s denial ...
All New Jersey state and federal courts are closed today for Columbus Day. But late last Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted review in two more criminal appeals. The Court also solicited amicus curiae briefs in a ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in State v. Paden-Battle. The question presented in that case, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Did the jury’s verdict acquitting defendant of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, ...
Supreme Court grants of leave to appeal are infrequent, but the Court’s latest wave of five new cases taken up for review includes three appeals on leave. All of those are criminal matters. The two other newly accepted cases, in ...