JURIST

JUNE 5, 2022

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Douglas H. Hurd Friday allowed a defamation claim against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to proceed. Judge Hurd denied the state of New Jersey and Governor Philip D. Murphy’s motion to dismiss Neuwirth’s defamation claim.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A grand jury in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey Wednesday convicted three El Salvadoran nationals on various Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) charges, including murder in aid of racketeering.

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CourtTechBulletin

JANUARY 6, 2021

See attribution below This past weekend I read an article in our local newspaper regarding problems some courts were having dealing with the backlog of housing/landlord-tenant cases due to the pandemic. Surely these would be helpful for many court and chambers hearings? I do not know. Read more ».

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CourtTechBulletin

JUNE 24, 2020

[link] A new NCSC report written by Sajed Naseem, Court Information Security Officer, New Jersey Courts, Jannet A. Okazaki, Principal Court Management Consultant, NCSC, and Barbara Holmes, Principal Court Management Consultant, NCSC was released last month. Read more ».

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2021

Share A pipeline developer may use the federal government’s power of eminent domain to seize property controlled by New Jersey so that it can build a natural-gas pipeline through the state, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a 5-4 vote. That power carries with it the ability to condemn property in court.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

New Jersey lawmakers are considering adding a gambling treatment diversion court to their triaged system that already includes a drug court and diversionary court for veterans, reports Michael Symons for New Jersey 101.5.

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2020

After a New Jersey court found that Vonte Skinner's rap lyrics were admissible against him at his attempted murder trial, I wrote an essay, Should a defendant's rap lyrics be admissible against him at a murder or attempted murder trial?

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in PennEast Pipeline Co. New Jersey that the Natural Gas Act can grant private companies authority to take state-owned property to build a pipeline. New Jersey moved to dismiss PennEast Pipeline’s request on sovereign immunity grounds.

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, New Jersey Rule of Evidence 609 allows for parties to impeach witness, including testifying defendants, with evidence of some of their prior convictions. So, let's say that a defendant is on trial for robbery, the.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

“Former Attorney General John Hoffman wins confirmation to New Jersey Supreme Court”: Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor has this report.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

“New Jersey Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino in COVID business interruption case”: Wayne Parry of The Associated Press has this report on a unanimous ruling that the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued today.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Former New Jersey lawyers who are disbarred will in most cases be allowed to apply for reinstatement after five years, the New Jersey Supreme Court…

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Similar to its federal counterpart, New Jersey Rule of Evidence 803(c)(3) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement made in good faith of the declarant's then-existing state of mind, emotion, sensation or physical condition (such as.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2023

The post Will New Jersey Remove Mental Health Questions From Its Bar Exam Application? This is an important change that would eliminate a barrier to mental health treatment. appeared first on Above the Law.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

New Jersey Rule of Evidence 701 states that If a witness is not testifying as an expert, the witness' testimony in the form of opinions or inferences may be admitted if it: (a) is rationally based on the witness’ perception.

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The Crime Report

JULY 11, 2022

Joseph Pennacchio wants to create a New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission that will recommend reforms. Experts say that exoneration work typically is underfunded in the state, and proving someone’s innocence can take years.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2021

As I noted in a prior blog post, New Jersey adopted the crime-fraud exception to the marital privilege in 2015. It contains an exception to the marital privilege in a criminal action or proceeding if the communication relates to an.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that defendants who are facing prolonged incarceration due to COVID-19 trial delays have the right to a new detention hearing if certain requirements are met. . The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Jersey and the Office of the Public Defender brought this case.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that expands the offenses eligible for expungement for drug court graduates, creating a path to expungement for recovering addicts who had been convicted of nonviolent, nonsexual child endangerment, reports the Asbury Park Press.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

“Partisanship Roils State Supreme Courts. Not in New Jersey. Consensus-building steers court away from ‘big swings.’” Unwritten traditions guide appointment process. ” Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Supreme Court to hear pipeline company’s bid to seize New Jersey land”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report. And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ PennEast Pipeline Gets High Court Hearing on Land-Use Rights.” “U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a pair of lower-court rulings that had permitted states to enforce COVID-related restrictions at worship services. 25 ruling that lifted New York’s COVID-related limits on attendance at worship services. High Plains Harvest Church came to the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, after the U.S.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The hypo for your Federal Courts exam was not this stupid. The post Texas Appeals Court Is FURIOUS That ‘Civil Procedure’ Won’t Let Them Strike Down New Jersey Laws appeared first on Above the Law.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A case raising this same issue is currently pending before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , where the oral argument did not seem to go very well for plaintiff’s counsel (who appeared to have been proceeding without the help of an appellate practitioner). Perhaps this decision will help turn the tide in that case.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

“New Jersey vs. the Supreme Court on Gun Rights; Gov. The post “New Jersey vs. the Supreme Court on Gun Rights; Gov. Murphy signs a law that defies this year’s ruling in Bruen”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 5, 2024

Updated: Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice James H. 2, rising from his childhood in a home without electricity and running water to become the first Black justice appointed to the state supreme court. Coleman Jr. died at age 91 on Aug.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2021

New Jersey. This clash between the NGA and the Constitution arose because, under the NGA, companies with permits to build new pipelines can use the power of eminent domain to seize property along the pipeline route. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. New Jersey appealed to the U.S.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported Thursday that the City of Trenton police in New Jersey systematically violated the constitutional rights of city residents. Courts have consistently held that the amendment also prohibits the use of pepper spray when a person poses no threat.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights is now investigating allegations of discrimination at Millville Municipal Court in Cumberland County, New Jersey, Matt Gray reports for NJ.com. Witcher first raised his allegations on the record during court in December and has accused his superiors of retaliation.

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MARCH 14, 2021

“Rachel Wainer Apter will be Murphy’s pick for New Jersey Supreme Court; Director of NJ Division of Civil Rights was Ruth Bader Ginsburg law clerk, ACLU staff attorney”: David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Share Occasionally – not all that often, but sometimes – the Supreme Court faces a really easy case with an obvious answer. New York v New Jersey is one of those cases. Because the case falls in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, the lower appellate courts have had nothing to say about it.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In February, the circuit court dismissed the election contest. On appeal, the South Dakota Supreme Court affirmed.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

“Yes, New Jersey Can Ban the AR-15. Lower court judges may think their hands have been tied by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bruen. Here’s Why. But they’ve been wrong before.” ” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

“New Jersey poised to enact ‘nation’s strongest’ gun law after Supreme Court ruling; The bill would, among other things, require people wanting to carry guns in public to purchase liability insurance”: Daniel Han of Politico has this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

A group of Rutgers students filed a lawsuit against the New Jersey university’s vaccine mandate on Monday. The university stated that the requirement would ensure a “safer Rutgers community” and a “safer New Jersey for our families our friends, and our neighbors across the state.”

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MAY 1, 2021

“A Supreme Court Eminent Domain Case Both Sides Deserve to Lose; PennEast v. New Jersey features a clash between the power of eminent domain and state sovereign immunity”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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