Suser v. Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, 433 N.J. Super. 317 (App. Div. 2013).  Though also embodied in N.J.S.A. 2A:62-1, an action to quiet title is a classic equitable remedy that allows an owner of property to “clear up all doubts and ...

Belmont Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Geibel, 432 N.J. Super. 52 (App. Div. 2013).  This case resulted in another magnum opus by Judge Parrillo.  Plaintiff sued over defective construction of a condominium in Hoboken.  Plaintiff also attacked certain statements that the ...

Today is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).  That decision, written by Justice Blackmun, an appointee of President Nixon, and joined in by Justices as liberal as Douglas, Brennan and Marshall and as conservative as ...

Kaufman v. Allstate New Jersey Ins. Co.., 2012 WL 3870323 (App. Div. Sept. 7, 2012).  As discussed here, New Jersey has more liberal rules for standing to sue than do the federal courts.  But there are some extreme cases where even ...

United States v. Stoerr, 695 F.3d 271 (3d Cir. 2012).  Defendant was convicted of participating in bid-rigging and receiving kickbacks while employed at Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. (“Sevenson”).  Sevenson, which was not a party to the criminal proceedings, voluntarily compensated ...

The Supreme Court has granted a petition for certification to review the decision of the Appellate Division in NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Mgmt. Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011).  The decision of the Appellate Division ...

NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Management Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011).  This consumer class action was the occasion for another typically scholarly opinion by Judge Sabatino.  Geraldine Thomas, an African-American, bought a new automobile from defendant.  She was ...

Arizona Christian School Tuition Org. v. Winn, 131 S. Ct. 1436 (2011).  New Jersey law may occasionally be difficult to fathom, but at least New Jersey does not have the sometimes bizarre rules governing standing (that is, the right to sue at ...

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Ford, 418 N.J. Super. 592 (App. Div. 2011).  The question of whether foreclosing mortgagees have the proper proofs to support their cases has been all over the news lately.  Now, in an opinion by Judge Skillman, the Appellate ...

In re Issuance of Access Conforming Lot Permit No A-17-N-N040-2007, 417 N.J. Super. 115 (App. Div. 2010).  This case involved an appeal by an objector to a highway access permit whose objections were not considered by the New Jersey Department ...