Chief Justice Rabner has issued the general Assignment Order for 2019-2020. It is available here. As occurs every year, the eight Appellate Division Parts have been reshuffled. But some things remain the same. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for ...

Abdelkader v. Hosny, 2018 WL 3579897 (App. Div. July 26, 2018).  In State in Interest of N.P., 453 N.J. Super. 480 (App. Div. 2018), discussed here, Judge Messano discussed the purpose of Rule 2:5-6(c).  That rule, which allows a trial ...

Several days out of the office last week, and work on a large appellate brief, have left me well behind our appellate courts, who have produced a number of decisions in that interim.  To try to catch up, here are ...

The Appellate Division schedule of Parts for the period June 19 through September 13 was published today and is available here.  As usual, no judge is on duty for more than one two-week period during the summer.  Except for Part ...

Benjoray, Inc. v. Academy House Child Development Center, 437 N.J. Super. 481 (App. Div. 2014).  In general, landlord-tenant cases are intended to proceed in the Special Civil Part.  The presumption is that such cases are suitable for disposition without the ...

Chief Justice Rabner announced today that Judges Garry S. Rothstadt and Amy O’Connor will be elevated to the Appellate Division effective December 16, 2013.  Judge Rothstadt is a graduate of Rutgers College and Rutgers-Newark Law School.  He was appointed to ...