In re Hendrickson, ___ N.J. ___ (2018).  This first Supreme Court opinion of the current Term is by Justice Albin.  The opening paragraphs of his ruling concisely and completely describe what the case is about, what the result is, and why (though the rest is worth reading as well).  Here are Justice Albin’s words:  “Under N.J.S.A. 52:14B-10(c), when an agency, such as the Civil Service Commission, does not modify or reject the decision of an administrative law judge within a prescribed period,” the decision of the administrative law judge shall be deemed adopted as the...

Cona v. Township of Washington, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2018).  In Timber Glen Phase III, LLC v. Hamilton Tp., 441 N.J. Super. 514 (App. Div. 2015), the Appellate Division ruled that a local ordinance that required landlords to obtain a license before any unit could be leased and pay an annual fee for the license was ultra vires as beyond the authority of the Licensing Act, N.J.S.A. 40:52-1.  That case distinguished between “the powers to regulate and to license,” and noted that it did not “address [a municipality’s] regulatory or inspection authority granted...

Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO v. New Jersey Civil Service Commission, ___ N.J. ___ (2018).  In one of the biggest constitutional decisions of the current term, an unusually divided Supreme Court today modified and affirmed the decision of the Appellate Division in this Legislative Review Clause case.  The Appellate Division’s decision, which was reported at 447 N.J. Super. 584 (App. Div. 2016), was discussed in detail here. There were two issues:  (1) the standard of judicial review of concurrent resolutions of the Legislature regarding the consistency of administrative...