The Supreme Court announced today that it has granted certification to review the Appellate Division’s decision in State v. Thompson. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “When does the statute of limitations for a ...
State v. Outland, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). This unanimous ruling was the first opinion authored by Justice Pierre-Louis. It was a robbery case in which defendant, who had a prior criminal record and was at the time of trial serving ...
That did not take long. As discussed here, Justice LaVecchia announced on March 8 that she would leave the bench in August. Today, one week later, Governor Murphy announced that he was nominating Rachel Wainer Apter to fill that seat. ...
Delanoy v. Township of Ocean, ___ N.J. ___ (2021). As discussed here, the Appellate Division issued the first opinion regarding the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a component of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, in this case last year. The ...
Justice LaVecchia announced yesterday that she will retire from the Supreme Court in August of this year. Her full statement follows: “It has been a privilege to hold the position of an Associate Justice for these more than 21 years. ...
Most of us think that age discrimination in employment claims are limited to plaintiffs who allege discrimination based on their advanced age. But on this date in 1999, the Supreme Court ruled, in Bergen Commercial Bank v. Sisler, 157 N.J. ...
Late last week, the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division each issued two published opinions. Neither court has issued any published opinions this week (nor is either court slated to do so tomorrow, a relatively long hiatus for both courts ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new cases. Two are criminal appeals and the third involves two questions certified by the Third Circuit. The Supreme Court declined one question but agreed to answer the other. ...
In re Request to Release Certain Pretrial Detainees, 245 N.J. 218 (2021). This matter arose out of a motion filed by the Office of the Public Defender and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey. As a result of ...
On this date in 1983, a unanimous Supreme Court decided Callen v. Sherman’s, Inc., 92 N.J. 114 (1983). The case involved whether distraint, a procedure that allowed commercial landlords to seize, or even sell, without notice or hearing, property of ...