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APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST
Summaries for Informational Purposes Only: The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.
Party Briefing and Case Documents: Briefing on appeals before the Supreme Court is governed by Court Rule. The Court’s order taking the appeal typically will include the due dates for the parties’ merits briefs and for amicus motions and briefs. The order is included in the “Case Document(s)” for each appeal. If the appeal is not sealed, the parties’ briefs also will be included in the “Case Document(s).”
Amicus Motions: Beginning on Feb. 10, 2026, motions for leave to appear as amicus curiae and proposed amicus briefs in Supreme Court appeals are due ten (10) days after the respondent files its merits brief, and motions to extend or relax the time for filing an amicus motion and brief will not be accepted. See R. 1:13-9(e).
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A-69-19 Ana S. Deras v. Yasamin T. Hamwi (084172) Can an insurance carrier deny Underinsured Motorist (UIM) coverage to a resident relative because the resident relative had already recovered UIM benefits as an insured from another policy, where the prior recovery did not fully cover the insured’s damages?
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A-68-19 Kathleen J. Delanoy v. Township of Ocean (084022) Did the Township of Ocean Police Department’s “Maternity Assignment Standard Operating Procedure” violate the New Jersey Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and its provisions within the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-12?
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A-67-19 State v. Miguel A. Roman-Rosado (084074) Among other issues, did the police officer have reasonable suspicion to effectuate a traffic stop under N.J.S.A. 39:3-33, which prohibits “a license plate frame or identification marker holder that conceals or otherwise obscures any part of any marking imprinted upon the vehicle’s” license plate?
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A-66-19 State v. Darius J. Carter (083221) Did the police officer have reasonable suspicion to effectuate a traffic stop under N.J.S.A. 39:3-33, which prohibits “a license plate frame or identification marker holder that conceals or otherwise obscures any part of any marking imprinted upon the vehicle’s” license plate?
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A-65-19 State v. Kanem Williamson (083979) Was the victim’s identification of defendant admissible as a dying declaration under N.J.R.E. 804(b)(2) and did its admission deprive defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him?
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A-64-19 Vincent Hager v. M&K Construction (084045) Among other issues, may a workers’ compensation judge order an employer to reimburse its employee for the cost of the employee’s medical marijuana prescribed for chronic pain following a work-related accident?
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A-63-19 In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of W.W., SVP-86-00 (083890) Does N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.30(b) require the State to present testimony from a psychiatrist in support of the involuntary commitment of a sexually violent predator?
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Through this application, the Court considers a request by the Office of the Public Defender and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey seeking relief relating to the spread of COVID-19 in state prison and juvenile facilities. Specifically, the applicants sought a framework under which judges or court-appointed special masters would decide whether to grant release or a furlough in individual cases after considering any objections for the early release of several groups of inmates: adults and juveniles serving a sentence that will expire in the next year; individuals eligible for parole; and any defendant who is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
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May an attorney, consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct, purchase from an internet search engine company a keyword that is a competitor lawyer’s name in order to display the purchasing lawyer’s own website in the search results when a person searches for the competitor lawyer by name?
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A-60-19 State v. Damian Sanchez (084104) Is the testimony of defendant’s parole officer, who identified defendant from a photograph allegedly linking him to criminal activity, admissible at trial?
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A-59-19 State v. Raquel Ramirez; State v. Jorge Orozco (083902) Did the jury instructions on accomplice liability require reversal of defendants’ convictions?
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What standard applies when determining whether a sexual act was “nonconsensual” for the issuance of a restraining order under the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:14-13 to -21?
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A-58-19
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A-56/57-19 New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. J.R.-R. and G.R.-R (083807) Among other issues, did the family court apply conditional res ipsa loquitor principles and improperly shift the burden to the parents to rebut the presumption that they abused or neglected their son?
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A-55-19 In re Petition for Expungement of the Criminal Record Belonging to T.O. (084009) Does a gubernatorial pardon remove the statutory bar to the expungement of multiple convictions under N.J.S.A. 2C:52-2(a)?
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A-54-19 State v. Zakariyya Ahmad (083736) Was defendant’s statement obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)?
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A-53/22-19 Winberry Realty Partnership v. Borough of Rutherford (083156) Under the circumstances presented, is the Borough’s tax collector entitled to qualified immunity?
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A-52-19 State v. Edgar Torres (083676) Among other issues, did the sentencing court appropriately consider the fairness and real time consequences of defendant’s overall aggregate sentence?
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A-51-19 Johnson & Johnson v. Director, Division of Taxation (083612) Following the 2011 amendment of N.J.S.A. 17:22-6.64, was plaintiff required to pay an insurance premium tax based upon all the risks it insured throughout the United States or based upon only those risks localized in New Jersey?
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A-50-19 State v. Michelle Lodzinski (083398) Was it reversible error to remove and replace a juror who conducted outside research and was there sufficient evidence in the record to support defendant’s murder conviction?
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A-50-19-Reargued
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A-49-19 Kim Allen v. Cape May County (083295) In this action alleging retaliation under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8, were there material issues of fact that precluded the grant of summary judgment to defendants?
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