NJ Appellate Law Blog – NJ Appellate Lawyer Bruce D. Greenberg blogs about Appeals and Appellate Law Practice

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Can Sea Bright Seek to Withdraw From the Oceanport School District and Join a Different District?

On Tuesday, October 1, judges on Part F will hear oral argument in In the Matter of the Verified Petition for the Proposed Creation of a PK-12 All-Purpose Regional School...

Appellate Division Oral Argument of the Week: Did the State Act Ultra Vires in Exercising Supersession Authority to Take Over the City of Paterson Police Department?

On Tuesday, September 24, three judges sitting in Part D of the Appellate Division will hear oral argument in Bulur v. The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. The...

Returning From the Break- Supreme Court Opinions

While this blog was on an early August break, the Supreme Court was busy, issuing five opinions. Here are summaries: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Comm'n v. George Harms Construction...

Returning From the Break- Appellate Division Opinions

During this blog's early August break, the Appellate Division issued three published opinions. Here are summaries: T.B. v. I.W., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2024). This was an appeal...

Yesterday and Today

The final two days of July saw one Supreme Court opinion and two published opinions by the Appellate Division. Here are summaries: New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency...

Referral Fees and Another Affidavit of Merit Case Will be Before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted review in two new matters. One is on a familiar subject: affidavits of merit in professional liability cases. The other involves...

Wrapping Up June

June came to a close last week. There were no Supreme Court decisions. The Appellate Division, however, issued five published opinions. Only one of them was discussed, here. Here are...

How to Rescind a Certificate of Dissolution of a New Jersey LLC That is Filed in Error or Without Authorization

Patel v. New Jersey Department of Treasury, 479 N.J. Super. 26 (App. Div. 2024). Judge Sabatino's opinion in this case began by explaining its background and the novel issue presented:...

This Week in the Supreme Court

It's the time of year when the Supreme Court gets into a higher gear when it comes to issuing opinions. The Court released three decisions this week, all of them...

The Supreme Court Voids, As Overbroad, A Regulation to the Extent That It Requires State Harassment or Discrimination Investigators to "Request" That Interviewees "Not Discuss Any Aspect of the Invest

Usachenok v. State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, 257 N.J. 184 (2024). N.J.A.C. 4A:7-3.1(j) is a regulation intended "to protect the integrity of the investigation [of harassment or...

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The Supreme Court Takes Up a Paramedics Immunity Case

The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has granted certification in Almonte v. Township of Union. The question presented, as phrased by the Supreme Court Clerk's office, is "Under the circumstances presented, are the paramedics entitled to immunity because they provided advanced life support services "in accordance with this act" as required by N.J.S.A. 26:2K-14, specifically, N.J.S.A. 26:2K-10(a), which requires that the paramedic "maintains direct voice communication with and is taking orders from a licensed physician or physician directed registered professional nurse"?...

Three Big Decisions From the Supreme Court

Last week was an eventful one in the Supreme Court. The Court ruled in three appeals, all in closely watched cases. They are summarized here in reverse chronological order....

Two OPRA Cases and a Municipal Land Use Law Case for the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court announced that it has granted review in three new matters. All three involve grants of certification, but one also is an appeal as of right due to a relatively rare dissent in the Appellate Division....

The Third Circuit Returns to New Jersey Appellate Law Blog

When this blog began, in October 2010, it covered goings-on in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the Appellate Division, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, with occasional posts about the Supreme Court of the United States. That continued for many years. More recently, however, it became too difficult to keep up with all of those three courts, and coverage of the Third Circuit disappeared virtually entirely. But since the Supreme Court and the Appellate Division have not published many decisions recently (a circumstance that is certain to change shortly), this blog will resume covering the Third Circuit at least on occasion, beginning today....