Jardim v. Overley, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). This opinion yesterday, by Judge Sabatino, applied a venerable doctrine in a new context. As Judge Sabatino put it, the issue was “the application of traditional constitutional principles of personal jurisdiction and due process in the context of a retail sale contract made over the Internet.” Defendant, a California citizen, had advertised, on a website that features thousands of ads offering cars for sale, a vintage automobile for sale “to whomever was willing to purchase it, wherever they may be.” His ad...

The Appellate Division does not issue many opinions in August, as the judges clean up remaining inventory. But there have been some significant published opinions in the last two weeks. Here are summaries of some of those rulings: Harvard v. State, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). Plaintiff in this appeal was a Special Civil Part Officer in the Atlantic/Cape May County vicinage. The vicinage learned of numerous violations of directives of the Administrative Office of the Courts upon an investigation of plaintiff’s financial record. The Assignment Judge of the vicinage terminated...

Cameron v. South Jersey Pubs, Inc., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). As discussed here, in Dugan v. TGI Friday’s, Inc., 231 N.J. 24 (2017), the Supreme Court rendered a split decision on class certification in two consolidated consumer action cases involving drink prices at TGI Friday’s restaurants. Those cases sought damage classes under Rule 4:32-1(b)(3). [Disclosure: My partner Susana Cruz Hodge and I filed an amicus brief in the Dugan cases on behalf of the Consumers League of New Jersey]. This case was a follow-on, in which only an injunctive relief class, under Rule...