The Appellate Division and the Weather for March 21 and 22

The Appellate Division has announced that in light of yet another Nor’easter that will hit New Jersey, oral arguments scheduled for tomorrow, March 21, are postponed, and oral argument scheduled for Thursday, March 22, will be heard by telephone.

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Is the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals a Public Agency That is Subject to the Open Public Records Act?

On Thursday, December 4, judges on Part C of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Wronko v. Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ("MCSPCA"). The case arises under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. ("OPRA"), and the common law right of access....

Before Thanksgiving ….

The week of Thanksgiving and the week preceding it saw one Supreme Court opinion and four published rulings from the Appellate Division. Catching up, here are summaries....

A Colossal Inter-Municipality Contract Dispute for the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted certification in Jersey City Municipal Utilities Auth. v. Town of Dover. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Do the 1971 settlement agreement and the 1984 amendment to that settlement agreement constitute an unlawful perpetual municipal contract without a finite endpoint, are they void as against public policy and the Clean Water Act, and are they terminated if the capacity of the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority treatment plant expands beyond twelve million gallons per day?"...

Are Insurance Brokers Exempt From Liability Under the "Learned Professionals" Exception to the Consumer Fraud Act? The Supreme Court Will Decide

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted leave to appeal in Lowe v. Audet. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Are insurance brokers exempt from liability under the ‘learned professionals' exception to the Consumer Fraud Act?" The Law Division granted a defense motion to dismiss. A two-judge Appellate Division panel affirmed in an unpublished per curiam opinion....