In the latter part of last week, the Supreme Court issued its first ruling of the month of June. The Appellate Division came down with only its second published opinion ...
The Supreme Court announced that it has granted leave to appeal in State v. Hernandez-Peralta. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk’s office, is “In this post-conviction ...
Toward the end of last week, the Supreme Court issued one opinion and the Appellate Division published rulings in two appeals. Here are summaries: Boyle v. Huff, ___ N.J. ___ ...
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, ___ N.J. ___ (2024). N.J.A.C. 4A:7-3.1(j) is a regulation intended “to protect the integrity of the investigation [of harassment or ...
On April 1, 1957, the Supreme Court decided Fisch v. Manger, 24 N.J. 66 (1957). The key issue there was whether the practice of additur, under which a trial judge ...
This week, the Appellate Division decided two very different kinds of arbitration matters. Yesterday, Judge Sabatino issued an opinion in Morison v. Willingboro Bd. of Educ., ___ N.J. Super. ___ ...
State v. Harrell, ___ N.J. ___ (2024). As discussed here, this case presented the following question for the Supreme Court: “Under the circumstances presented, is the alleged victim’s recorded statement ...
Jersey City United Against the New Ward Map v. Jersey City Ward Commission, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2024). [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, represents ...
State v. Baker, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2024). This opinion by Judge Currier, in a drug possession case, involved once again the automobile exception to the warrant requirement ...
State v. Knight, ___ N.J. ___ (2024). In this opinion by Justice Pierre-Louis today, a unanimous Supreme Court twice stated that the facts of this case were “unique.” That is ...