On most days, the Appellate Division issues a significant number of opinions. But on many of those days, there are no published opinions among them, or only one or two such opinions. Yesterday, however, the Appellate Division issued four published opinions, more than on any other day in recent memory. Here are summaries of those decisions: Branch v. Cream-O-Land Dairy, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019). In this class action case under the Wage and Hour Law, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a to -56a38, the Appellate Division reversed a summary judgment that the Law Division had granted to the defendant...

The summer schedule for the Appellate Division was announced late yesterday.  The Order of Chief Justice Rabner that contains the full schedule is available here. “Summer” (a term not actually used in the Order) in the Appellate Division begins on June 17 and ends on September 8.  That period is divided into six “sessions.”  Each session lasts for two weeks.  Sessions 1 and 2, from June 17-30 and July 1-14, respectively, have three Parts, while the remaining sessions have two Parts each.  All of the Parts consist of two judges except for Part Q, which will sit during...

Casino Reinvestment Development Authority v. Birnbaum, 458 N.J. Super. 173  (App. Div. 2019).  On January 7, 2019, the Appellate Division decided Borough of Glassboro v. Grossman, 457 N.J. Super. 416  (App. Div. 2019), as discussed here.  The key takeaway from that opinion was that, under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 to -149 (“LRHL”), a municipal agency cannot condemn property for redevelopment unless there is a particular redevelopment project identified, tied to the proposed acquisition, and supported by proof.  Writing for that panel, Judge...