On this date in 1961, the Supreme Court decided 525 Main St. Corp. v. Eagle Roofing Corp., 34 N.J. 251 (1961). The Court’s opinion, a 5-0 decision, was written by Chief Justice Weintraub. The case involved a roof on an ...
Last week, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted certification in five more cases. Three of them are criminal appeals, one involves additur after a jury verdict, and one implicates the entire controversy doctrine. The question presented in State ...
The Supreme Court announced that it will take up two more matters. One is a certified question from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a consumer protection context, specifically, the sale of Super Bowl tickets (with the next Super ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three more cases. One of them is yet another case under the Open Public records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (“OPRA”). The two others are criminal cases. The OPRA appeal ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in State v. Roundtree. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Did the police officers initially engage defendants in a voluntary field inquiry, or did the ...
On this date in 1956, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in In re Pennsylvania R. Co., 20 N.J. 398 (1956). Along with Romano v. Maglio, 41 N.J. Super. 561 (App. Div. 1956), discussed here, this opinion remains a leading ...
Hayes v. Delamotte, 231 N.J. 373 (2018). Today saw the issuance of the Supreme Court’s first opinion of 2018. The case, a personal injury matter arising out of an auto accident, was a procedural mess. In summary, however, plaintiff lost ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in N.J. Highlands Coalition v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Protection. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “For the purposes of determining whether this development ...
A.T v. M. Cohen, M.D., 231 N.J. 237 (2017). “This was an appeal as of right in a medical malpractice case in which plaintiff was a minor. Due to counsel’s oversight, plaintiff failed to file an affidavit of merit within ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three more cases. Two of them are criminal matters, and the third arises out of a criminal case while presenting a civil issue. In State v. Wint, the question presented ...