The Supreme Court has granted a petition for certification to review the decision of the Appellate Division in NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Mgmt. Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011).  The decision of the Appellate Division is discussed here.  The question presented, as described by the Clerk’s Office, is “[w]ere the arbitration provisions contained in various form documents that a consumer signed in c

NAACP of Camden County East v. Foulke Management Corp., 421 N.J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011).  This consumer class action was the occasion for another typically scholarly opinion by Judge Sabatino.  Geraldine Thomas, an African-American, bought a new automobile from defendant.  She was given numerous documents to sign as part of that transaction.  Three of those documents contained arbitration clauses, including waivers of the right to litigate or a

Arizona Christian School Tuition Org. v. Winn, 131 S. Ct. 1436 (2011).  New Jersey law may occasionally be difficult to fathom, but at least New Jersey does not have the sometimes bizarre rules governing standing (that is, the right to sue at all) that apply in federal litigation.  In New Jersey, the standing rules are liberal, and a party will be found to have standing if the party has a sufficient stake in the matter, and real adverseness.  Our Supreme Cou