On this date in 1986, the Supreme Court decided Hills Dev. Co v. Bernards Tp., 103 N.J. 1 (1986). At the time, it was one of the Court's most important...
American Dream at Marlboro, LLC v. Marlboro Tp. Planning Bd., 209 N.J. 161 (2012). This per curiam opinion addresses the issue of when a deed restriction imposed by a planning board can...
New Jersey Dental Ass'n v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 424 N.J. Super. 160 (App. Div. 2012). Many cases have rightly held that, under New Jersey's liberal standing rules, organizations have standing to...
In re Application of Xiangjing Zhan, 424 N.J. Super. 231 (App. Div. 2012). A permanent resident alien sought to invoke New Jersey's name change statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:52-1 to -4, to change his...
In re Petition for Referendum to Repeal Ordinance 2010-27 of Margate City, 424 N.J. Super. 242 (App. Div. 2012). The Home Rule Act, N.J.S.A. 40:49-27, establishes the right to a public referendum...
Today, February 13, 2012, New Jersey's state courts are closed in observance of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln exactly 203 years ago yesterday. Leaving aside a Supreme Court of New Jersey...
The same ill-conceived legislation to allow immediate appeals of all decisions on class certification that was introduced in the Assembly last year has been reintroduced this year by the same...
Rowe v. Mazel Thirty, LLC, 209 N.J. 35 (2012). Plaintiff was a police officer whose duties in a "Safe Streets" program included checking vacant apartment buildings for drugs or other illicit activity. Plaintiff was going down...
The Supreme Court's Civil Practice Committee has issued its biannual report on proposed changes to the New Jersey Court Rules. Some of the proposed amendments affect the Part II (Appellate) rules....
Nordstrom v. Lyon, 424 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2012). William "Hank" Lyon was a media star last year. In his early 20's, and a newcomer to the political scene, Lyon ran for Morris...