Supreme Court of New Jersey Decisions 2024
Date: May 8, 2024
Docket Number: A-57-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Andrew Higginbotham, who was charged with sixteen counts of endangering the welfare of a child under a specific subsection of New Jersey law. This law makes it a crime to depict a child in a…
Date: May 7, 2024
Docket Number: A-2-23
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Christine Savage, a police officer who filed a lawsuit against the Neptune Township Police Department and others for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation. The parties entered into a…
Date: May 6, 2024
Docket Number: A-40-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Viktoriya Usachenok, an employee of the Department of Treasury, who filed an internal complaint alleging sexual harassment and a hostile work environment created by her supervisor. As part of the…
Date: April 22, 2024
Docket Number: A-47-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a plaintiff, referred to as "Clara," who alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the defendant, referred to as "Martin," in June 2018. Following the incident, Clara applied for a temporary protective…
Date: April 17, 2024
Docket Number: A-33-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU) sought to obtain records from the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey (CPANJ), a nonprofit association whose members are the twenty-one county prosecutors.…
Date: April 16, 2024
Docket Number: A-52-22
Justia Opinion Summary: A group of neurosurgeons and their practice group, Comprehensive Neurosurgical, P.C., sued The Valley Hospital after the hospital granted another group of neurosurgeons exclusive privileges in areas where the plaintiffs…
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: A-35-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around the defendant, Kalil Cooper, who was charged with promoting organized street crime, among other offenses, after a wiretap investigation into a local gang's activities. He was charged with twelve…
Date: March 26, 2024
Docket Number: A-13-23
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, an eight-year-old child disclosed during an interview with a detective in 2016 that her music teacher, defendant Donnie E. Harrell, had touched her inappropriately on multiple occasions during school hours.…
Date: March 25, 2024
Docket Number: A-50-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The New Jersey Supreme Court evaluated a class-action lawsuit brought by shoppers at the retail clothing store Aéropostale against the store's owner and operator, SPARC Group LLC. The plaintiffs alleged that the store…
Date: March 13, 2024
Docket Number: A-60/61-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of New Jersey delivered an opinion concerning an appeal by condominium owners who claimed they were discriminated against because of their need for an emotional support animal (ESA) that exceeded the…
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: A-34-22
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2017, defendant Shlawrence Ross was indicted for attempted murder and other offenses following an alleged exchange of gunfire with police officers. During the incident, he was wounded and a bullet lodged in his…
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: A-39-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of New Jersey, in its decision, examined whether the State can obtain from defense counsel an affidavit that is physical evidence of a crime, under New Jersey discovery rules. The case revolves around a…
Date: February 12, 2024
Docket Numbers: A-4/5-22, A-45-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of New Jersey examined whether N.J.S.A. 18A:6-16 limits an arbitrator’s authority to penalize conduct under the Tenure Employees Hearing Law (TEHL), N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 to -18.1. The defendant, the Board…
Date: January 24, 2024
Docket Number: A-28-22
Justia Opinion Summary: Ocean Walk, LLC, a company that operates a casino and other entertainment facilities in New Jersey, sought coverage under its commercial property insurance policies for losses sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Date: January 18, 2024
Docket Number: A-41-22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that the State's witness tampering statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-5(a), is not unconstitutionally overbroad, but it may have been unconstitutionally applied to the defendant, William Hill,…
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: A-31-22
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, defendant Curtis Gartrell fled from police near Newark Penn Station, leaving behind a suitcase containing handguns, ammunition, illegal narcotics, and cash. Gartrell was later apprehended and charged with…
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: A-20-22
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case State v. Calvin Fair, the Supreme Court of New Jersey had to decide whether a prosecution for terroristic threats under N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3(a), based on a mens rea of recklessness, is constitutional. The…
Date: January 10, 2024
Docket Number: A-37-22
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff William DeSimone and a class of plaintiffs brought a suit against Springpoint Senior Living, Inc. (Springpoint) alleging that the company violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) with regard to…
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: A-29-22
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case at hand, the Supreme Court of New Jersey considered whether the safeguards relating to eyewitness identification evidence should apply when lawyers meet with witnesses to prepare for trial. The case involved…
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