Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP, 240 N.J. 286 (2020). Plaintiff was involved in a real estate transaction with a client of defendant Fox Rothschild, Weinstein. An intermediary for plaintiff wired money to the law firm in connection with that transaction. ...
On December 18, 1967, the Supreme Court decided Ellsworth Dobbs, Inc. v. Johnson, 50 N.J. 528 (1967). The Court’s 6-0 opinion, authored by Justice Francis, overturned nearly 100 years of New Jersey jurisprudence about when a broker earns a commission ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in four more cases. Two of those are criminal appeals, and of the two civil appeals, one is from a published Appellate Division opinion. Maison v. NJ Transit Corp. is the ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in four more cases. Three of them involve grants of certification. In the fourth appeal, the Court accepted a certified question as posed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The ...
On this date in 1950, the Supreme Court decided Fox v. Snow, 6 N.J. 12 (1950). The case dealt with an estate issue. One party urged the Court to “explicitly and expressly overrule the long established law of this state” ...
On this date in 1962, the Supreme Court decided Sarner v. Sarner, 38 N.J. 463 (1962). The Court’s unanimous decision there, along with Sunset Beach Amusement Corp. v. Belk, 33 N.J. 162 (1960), on which Sarner relied extensively, is a ...
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted certification in three more cases. Two are criminal appeals, and the third involves a mortgage dispute. The mortgage case is Rosemont Properties, LLC v. IP Realty, LLC. The question presented ...
Late last week, the Supreme Court granted certification in Goldfarb v. Solimine. The opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 460 N.J. Super. 22 (App. Div. 2019), was discussed here. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s ...
On this date in 1993, the Supreme Court decided In re Peterman, 134 N.J. 201 (1993). [Disclosure: I was a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Character for fifteen years, including during 1993, but I had no involvement with ...
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it has granted review in three more cases. Each involves a grant of certification. In Gramiccioni v. Department of Law & Public Safety, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s ...