New Jersey Ass’n of School Adminstrators v. Schundler, ___ N.J. ___ (2012).  This case required the Supreme Court to parse and reconcile an unusually complex scheme of statutes and regulations that dealt with benefits available by contract to high-level school administrators.  In 2007, the Legislature passed measures designed to hold down property taxes and to address the level of benefits for high school administrators.  The Commissioner of Education then p

Township of Neptune v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Protection, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  The Township of Neptune sued the DEP in the Law Division for an order requiring the DEP to perform certain dredging of a waterway and to provide a place for temporary placement of the dredged matter.  The Law Division ruled that because Neptune’s action was, in reality, an attempt to seek review of an action or inaction by DEP, the A

Lord v. Board of Review, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2012).  Did an employee who accepted his employer’s directive that he “had to resign” leave his job “voluntarily” so as to disqualify him from receiving unemployment benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a)?  That was the question in this case.  Judge Skillman, writing for the Appellate Division, said “no” and reversed the contrary decision of the Board of Review.

Talmage Lord had a job that req