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APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST
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.
Beginning on July 16, 2010, each appeal summary posted on this website includes its "posted" date, which is necessary for calculating certain due dates for filing briefs and motions under revised Rule 1:13-9, "Amicus Curiae."
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A-15-16 State in the Interest of C.K. (077672) Does the imposition of the Megan's Law lifetime registration requirements, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(g), violate the constitutional rights of juvenile offenders?
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A-14-16 State v. Ryan Sutherland (077807) Under the circumstances presented, was the officer justified in stopping defendant's vehicle for having an inoperable tail light?
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A-13-16 State v. Fernando Carrero, Jr. (078071) Did the evidence elicited in this trial for first-degree murder support a jury charge on passion/provocation manslaughter?
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A-12-16 A.T. v. M. Cohen, M.D. (077821) In this medical malpractice action filed on behalf of a child, did the trial court err in concluding that it lacked the discretion to grant plaintiff's motion to voluntarily dismiss the complaint?
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A-11-16 Edan Ben Elazar v. Macrietta Cleaners, Inc. (078079) Under the circumstances presented, did plaintiff's file a timely notice of claim (pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act) against the Township of Cranford?
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A-10-16 State v. Alexis Sanchez-Medina (077883) Was defendant's immigration status admissible for impeachment purposes; and was defendant entitled to a jury instruction on identification?
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A-9-16 Christopher Mount v. Board of Trustees, Police and Firemen's Retirement System (078021) Did the Board err in denying plaintiff's application for accidental disability retirement benefits, based on its finding that the event that caused plaintiff's disability was not 'undesigned and unexpected,' pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7?
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A-7/8-16 Hazel Hamrick Lee v. Florence Brown (078043) Was a city electrical inspector entitled to absolute immunity under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA), rather than qualified immunity, following this fire at a multi-dwelling home in the City of Paterson?
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A-6-16 State v. William Burkert (077623) Was defendant's conduct distributing wedding photographs of a colleague to which defendant had added vulgar annotations protected speech that could not constitute criminal harassment?
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A-5-16 In the Matter of the Enforcement of New Jersey False Claims Act Subpoenas (077506) Is the State foreclosed from utilizing the New Jersey False Claims Act's administrative subpoena power once the Attorney General's right to intervene in a qui tam action has expired?
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A-4-16 Doreen Hayes v. Barbara Delamotte (077819) Under the circumstances presented, was plaintiff entitled to a new trial following the jury’s no-cause verdict?
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A-3-16 State v. Akeem Boone (077757) Did the affidavit in support of this application for a search warrant establish probable cause to search a specific apartment in the building?
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A-2-16 Jaime Taormina Bisbing v. Glenn R. Bisbing, III (077533) Did the trial court err in granting plaintiff's motion to relocate out of state with the parties' children?
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When calculating a municipality's fair share obligation, how should affordable housing need that accumulated from 1999 through 2015 (the gap period) be addressed?
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A-107/108-15 State v. Daniel K. Jackson (076636) Should the evidence seized from the basement of an apartment inhabited by one of defendant's co-defendants (Sulaiman Massaquoi) have been suppressed, under the circumstances presented?
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A-105/106-15 State v. Sulaiman Massaquoi (076635) Should the evidence seized without a warrant from the basement where defendant lived have been suppressed?
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Did the six-year statute of limitations begin to run when this construction project was deemed to be substantially complete, or did plaintiff's causes of action accrue on a date after the unit owners took control of the governing Board?
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Did the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) properly decline application of the dynamic status quo doctrine, which would have required the automatic payment of incremental salary increases?
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A-97-15 GMAC Mortgage, LLC v. Tamilynn Willoughby (076006) In this matter concerning a foreclosure settlement derived through mediation, did defendant fail to accept plaintiff's offer of loan modification, among other issues?
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A-96-15 State v. Karlton L. Bailey (077141) In this trial for second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, did the trial court’s jury instruction regarding defendant’s prior convictions deny him his due process rights to have the State prove each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt?
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