Crisitello v. St. Theresa School, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). This decision under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et seq. (“LAD”), was the second time that this case came before the Appellate Division. The issue in today’s opinion was “whether a parochial school’s knowledge of the pregnancy of an unmarried lay teacher, who started as a teacher’s aide for toddlers, later taught art, and had no responsibility for religious instruction, can serve as the nondiscriminatory basis for the teacher’s termination for...

As described in an Order of Disposition of Emergent Application in State v. Dangcil, the Supreme Court was presented with a motion “seeking leave to appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, affirming the trial court’s denial of defendant’s order to show cause (OTSC) challenging the hybrid-virtual jury selection procedure adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Court concluded that defendant had not made a sufficient showing to obtain emergent relief, and that his trial, scheduled to begin today, would proceed. But that was not the...

In re Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive Nos. 2020-5 and 2020-6, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2020). Here is how Judge Accurso began her opinion for the Appellate Division in this important case: “Responding to state and national demands for accountability and reform of law enforcement following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced in June that he would end New Jersey’s decades-long practice of shielding the identities of law enforcement officers receiving major discipline for misconduct. Determining...