Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ___ Fed. Appx. ___ (3d Cir. 2020). This blog does not often cover non-precedential decisions of appellate courts. But today’s opinion by Judge Bibas (a Trump appointee), in which ...

Rialto-Capitol Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Baldwin Assets Assocs. Urban Renewal Co., LLC, 465 N.J. Super. 31 (App. Div. 2020). As Judge Fisher noted in his opinion in this case, “[t]he law is well settled that [condominium] unit owners have standing ...

Estate of Narleski v. Gomes, 244 N.J. 199 (2020). Near the beginning of his opinion for a unanimous Supreme Court in this case, Justice Albin summarized the issue: “Under our statutes and case law, a social host over the age ...

Repko v. Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Inc., 464 N.J. Super. 570 (App. Div. 2020). Judge Accurso’s brief opinion in this case today addressed a “question [that] appears to be one of first impression in New Jersey”: whether a ...

Edison Bd. of Educ. v. Zoning Bd. of Adj. of Edison., 464 N.J. Super. 298 (2020). This opinion by Judge Messano today affirmed a Law Division ruing that the Edison Board of Education (BOE”), which had filed an action in ...

Wayne Land & Mineral Group, LLC v. Delaware River Basin Comm’n, 959 F.3d 569 (3d Cir. 2020). This opinion by Judge Fisher today involved a case in which plaintiff challenged the ability of defendant Delaware River Basin Commission “the Commission”) ...

New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers, Inc. v. Mazda Motors of America, 957 F.3d 390 (3d Cir. 2020). In Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Comm’n, 432 U.S. 333 (1977), the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ...

In the last several weeks, this blog has largely focused on Supreme Court decisions and grants of review. That was not meant to slight the Appellate Division, whose judges have made some important rulings as well. Here are summaries of ...

Susko v. Borough of Belmar, 458 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2019); Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association, 921 F.3d 405 (3d Cir. 2019).  Yesterday, while I was in or traveling to and from court for most of the ...

Tully v. Mirz, 457 N.J. Super. 11 (App. Div. 2018).  This opinion by Judge Geiger today addresses the question of what claims, between two owners of a closely-held corporation, are properly considered derivative claims and what claims are correctly treated ...