The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in five new cases. Two of them involve published opinions of the Appellate Division. Delanoy v. Township of Ocean resulted in an Appellate Division opinion that was reported at 462 N.J. Super. 78 (App. Div. 2020). That ruling was discussed here. The question presented to the Supreme Court, as phrased by the Supreme court Clerk’s office, is “Did the Township of Ocean Police department’s “Maternity Assignment Standard Operating Procedure” violate the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and its...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in three more cases. In State v. Williamson, the question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Was the victim’s identification of defendant admissible as a dying declaration under N.J.R.E. 804(b)(2) and did its admission deprive defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him?” The Law Division admitted the testimony and the Appellate Division, in a per curiam unpublished opinion by a two-judge panel, affirmed that ruling and upheld defendant’s...

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in two more cases. The first, an ethics matter that could arise only in our current electronic age, comes to the Court on a petition for review. The second, a criminal appeal, is before the Court on leave to appeal. The ethics case is In re Opinion No. 735 of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics. The question presented there, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “May an attorney, consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct, purchase from an internet search engine company a keyword...