Category: New Jersey Appellate Division

Nelson v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ.

Nelson v. Elizabeth Bd. of Educ. was an appeal from a trial for breach-of-contract between a school board and its former in-house counsel. The Appellate Division questioned whether the Rules

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State v. Rodriguez

In State v. Rodriguez, the State appealed the trial court’s order that granted the defendant’s motion to overrule the prosecutor’s rejection of his request for a Graves Act waiver, pursuant

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Simadiris v. Patterson Pub. Sch. Dist.

In Simadiris v. Patterson Pub. Sch. Dist., the Appellate Division confronted tension between the Tenured Employees Hearing Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 to -25, and the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6

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State v. E.J.H.

A judge in the Chancery Division sua sponte dismissed a complaint charging contempt for violating a temporary restraining order just as the defendant was about to plead guilty to the

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State v. C.W.H.

In State v. C.W.H., the New Jersey Appellate Division confronted a problematic trial in which the defendant was convicted of sexually assaulting his young daughter decades after the alleged crimes.

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State v. Tormasi

In State v. Tormasi, the New Jersey Appellate Division weighed in on the legality of sentencing a 16-year-old defendant to a term of life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 30

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Doe v. Rutgers

In Doe v. Rutgers, a former student at the School of Business at Rutgers filed a request with the school for a multitude of records under the Open Public Records

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