Communication Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. New Jersey Civil Service Comm’n, 447 N.J. Super. 584 (App. Div. 2016).  Article V, section 4, paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution, approved by the voters in 1992, gives the Legislature the power ...

In re Robbinsville Tp. Bd. of Educ. v. Washington Tp. Educ. Ass’n, 227 N.J. 192 (2016).  In Borough of Keyport v. International Union of Operating Engineers, 222 N.J. 314 (2015), the Supreme Court approved temporary layoffs of public workers where ...

Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Protection, 447 N.J. Super. 444 (App. Div. 2016).  Plaintiff (“CFI”) operates convenience stores and gas stations in many locations in New Jersey.  Hazardous substances are discharged at some of those locations.  ...

In In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016), discussed here (under the heading “Another Mount Laurel Case for the Supreme Court?”), the Appellate Division issued an important affordable housing decision.  That ...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three civil cases (not to mention several more criminal cases, which will not in fact be mentioned here).  The first grant is from a published opinion of the Appellate Division, ...

In re Revocation or Suspension of Provisional Accreditation of Eastwick College LPN-to-RN Bridge Program, 225 N.J. 533 (2016).  As Justice Patterson reminded us in her opinion in this case today, an administrative agency’s interpretation of its own regulations receives deference ...

In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016).  It has been 41 years since the Supreme Court issued its original Mount Laurel opinion.  Southern Burlington Cty. NAACP v. Mount Laurel Tp., 67 ...

Davidovich v. Israel Ice Skating Federation, 446 N.J. Super. 127 (App. Div. 2016).  The subculture that is international competitive sport came to the Appellate Division in this case yesterday.  Judge Sabatino wrote a lengthy and scholarly opinion for the panel ...

Rodriguez v. Raymours Furniture Co., Inc., 225 N.J. 343 (2016).  Plaintiff became employed by defendant, who is better known to the public as Raymour & Flanigan.  The employment application that he signed contained a clause that said “I agree that ...

Capital Health System, Inc. v. New Jersey Dep’t of Banking & Insurance, 445 N.J. Super. 522 (App. Div. 2016).  In September 2015, the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (“the Department”) approved a plan put forward by Horizon Blue ...