Fox v. Millman, 210 N.J. 401 (2012). This case is one of many cut from a similar pattern: an employee subject to a duty of loyalty to his employer left that job for a new one and provided a customer list of the old employer to ...
Mazdabrook Commons Homewoners Ass’n v. Khan, 210 N.J. 482 (2012). “The question in this appeal is whether a homeowners’ association can prohibit residents from posting political signs in the windows of their own homes.” That was how Chief Justice Rabner began his opinion ...
In State v. Morgan, 423 N.J. Super. 453 (App. Div. 2011), discussed here, the Appellate Division ruled that it was not improper to permit jurors to take their written jury instructions home over the weekend, for further study, provided that ...
On this date in 1980, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Lepis v. Lepis, 83 N.J. 139 (1980). In an opinion by Justice Pashman, the Court addressed “the standards and procedures for modifying support and maintenance arrangements after a final judgment of ...
After a lengthy hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reject the nomination of Bruce Harris, the Republican Mayor of Chatham Borough , to a seat on the Supreme Court. The vote was 7-6. All Committee Republicans and Senator Brian Stack ...
US Bank, N.A. v. Hough, 210 N.J. 187 (2012). There seems to be infinite room for judges, or Justices, to disagree about how to interpret statutes or regulations. Sometimes, there are differences even where the administrative agency that promulgated the regulations has weighed in. In ...
W.J.A. v. D.A., 210 N.J. 229 (2012). On May 16, the Supreme Court issued its per curiam decision in this case, as discussed here. On May 21, without comment, the Court issued a corrected opinion. The difference appears to be that the ...
W.J.A. v. D.A., 210 N.J. 229 (2012) (later-issued corrected opinion appears here). The doctrine of “presumed damages” allows plaintiffs in defamation cases to obtain damages even without a showing of actual harm to the plaintiff’s reputation. In slander cases (other than those involving ...
Seals v. County of Morris, 210 N.J. 157 (2012). While driving on a snow-covered road, plaintiffs could not negotiate a curve in the road and struck a JCP&L electrical pole located near the side of that road. The County of Morris did not ...
New Jersey Ass’n of School Adminstrators v. Schundler, 211 N.J. 535 (2012). This case required the Supreme Court to parse and reconcile an unusually complex scheme of statutes and regulations that dealt with benefits available by contract to high-level school administrators. In ...