The Supreme Court announced that it will consider three new matters. Two of those involved grants of certification, while the third was an appeal as of right. The appeal as of right is State v. Fair. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “Is the portion of the terroristic threats statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a), which criminalizes a threat to commit a crime of violence made ‘in reckless disregard of the risk of causing . . . terror,’ unconstitutionally overbroad and did the jury instructions fail to ensure a unanimous verdict?”...

Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. v. The Borough of Stone Harbor, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2022). This opinion by Judge Fisher today consumed only six pages. The issue was a relatively simple one: whether the requirement of N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2 that a business entity that bids on a public contract submit “a statement setting forth the names and addresses” of the individuals owning more than ten percent of the entity means that home addresses of those persons must be supplied. Affirming the Law Division, the Appellate Division held that home addresses are not required. Instead,...

Today, and earlier this week, the Supreme Court announced that it had granted certification in five cases. Four are criminal appeals and one is a civil matter. The civil case, which involves claims of legal malpractice, is McDonald Motors Corporation v. Delaney. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “In this action in which plaintiff alleges that defendant failed to adequately disclose a conflict of interest with a member of the planning board, did plaintiff plead sufficient facts to survive a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to...