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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-29-25 Henry Okiogah v. New Jersey Transit (090856) Read Appellate Opinion A-2363-23 Where plaintiff was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus, was discharged from a rehabilitation center over four months later, and sent a notice of tort claim sixteen days after he was discharged, did plaintiff demonstrate “sufficient reasons constituting extraordinary circumstances” to file a late notice of tort claim under N.J.S.A. 59:8-9?
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A-28-25 In the Matter of the Estate of Frank D. Carone (091316) Read Appellate Opinion A-0858-24/A-0860-24 Do plaintiffs have standing to challenge decedents’ wills under the circumstances presented?
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A-27-25 Lynette Johnson v. City of East Orange (090953) Read Appellate Opinion A-2489-23 Where the City of East Orange sold plaintiff’s commercial property following an in rem tax foreclosure and retained the surplus equity prior to the decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), can plaintiff maintain a claim for just compensation if the taking is within the relevant statute of limitations?
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A-26-25 Board of Education of the City of Absecon v. Board of Education of the City of Pleasantville (091051) Read Appellate Opinion A-3237-22 When the Acting Commissioner of Education denied the Board of Education of the City of Absecon’s petition to sever the sending-receiving relationship with the Pleasantville Board of Education, did she exceed her statutory authority under N.J.S.A. 18A:38-13; was the decision consistent with case law; and was the decision arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable?
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A-25-25 Kevin Moran, c/o Sea Point Condominium Association, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (091188) Read Appellate Opinion A-0804-23 Does the Public Access Law, N.J.S.A. 13:1D-150 to -156, codify the public trust doctrine or expand it, and if the Public Access Law expands the public trust doctrine, does it constitute a facial taking of private property without just compensation?
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A-23/24-25 In re Registrant S.O.; In re Registrant G.N. (091011) Read Appellate Opinion A-2878-23/A-2880-23 When considering a registrant’s application to terminate Megan’s Law and Community Supervision for Life obligations, does the phrase “not likely to pose a threat to the safety of others” in N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(f) and N.J.S.A. 2C:43-6.4(c) apply to both non-sexual and sexual re-offenses, or is the inquiry limited only to subsequent sexual re-offenses?
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S-73/74-25 State v. Walter J. Gilliano (091601) In this matter, the Court determines that defendant could not establish that the existing jury pool violated his right to trial by a jury drawn from a representative cross-section of the community, and agrees with the trial court’s determination not to dismiss the jury pool that had been summoned before the Governor issued Executive Order 411, which restored the right to serve on a jury to individuals with certain convictions for an indictable offense under New Jersey law and was effectively immediately.
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A-22-25 In the Matter of the Registration of K.M. (090713) Read Appellate Opinion A-1841-23 Can conduct committed by a co-conspirator be used to determine a Megan’s Law registrant’s score on factor two (degree of contact) of the Registrant Risk Assessment Scale?
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A-21-25 David B. Wilson v. City of Newark (090835) Read Appellate Opinion A-1709-23 Under the circumstances presented, was the City of Newark entitled to immunity under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 59:4-2, given that N.J.S.A. 27:5G-4 requires that signs be posted on, and at the last safe exit or detour preceding, a railroad bridge or overpass with less than 14 feet 6 inches of clearance, and was plaintiff required to present expert testimony in support of his contention that the City acted palpably unreasonably?
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A-20-25 State v. Gabriel T. Matos (091106) Read Appellate Opinion A-1269-23 Did the lack of a jury instruction about the purpose of fresh complaint testimony constitute plain error, was evidence about prior uncharged bad acts that occurred in New York admissible, did the prosecutor’s comments during opening and closing statements improperly bolster the victim’s testimony and inflame the jury, and did those alleged errors individually or cumulatively amount to reversible error?
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A-13/14/15/16/17/18/19-25 Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority v. Town of Dover (090814) Read Appellate Opinion A-1587-21 Do the 1971 settlement agreement and the 1984 amendment to that settlement agreement constitute an unlawful perpetual municipal contract without a finite endpoint, are they void as against public policy and the Clean Water Act, and are they terminated if the capacity of the Rockaway Valley Regional Sewerage Authority treatment plant expands beyond twelve million gallons per day?
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A-12-25 James G. Lowe, M.D. v. Bernard Audet (090940) Read Appellate Opinion A-4093-23 Are insurance brokers exempt from liability under the “learned professionals” exception to the Consumer Fraud Act?
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A-11-25 Erwin Campoverde v. NY-NJ Link Developer, LLC (090537) Read Appellate Opinion A-1174-23 What is the applicable standard under New Jersey law for determining whether a general contractor owes a duty to a subcontractor’s employees for the purpose of determining liability for the injuries sustained by a subcontractor’s employee?
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S-10-25 Cynthia Johnson v. Denise Wilkerson, et al. (091201) In this matter, in which the trial court granted a petition for an election contest and invalidated the results of the Democratic primary election for a council seat in the Borough of Roselle, the Court determines that neither of the remedies advanced by defendant find support in the election law statutory scheme, and affirms the judgment that the candidate should be selected by the party committee under N.J.S.A. 19:13-20.
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A-10-25 Nicky Travieso v. Ciara Crespo (091127) With respect to a “motor vehicle liability policy . . . that names a corporate or business entity as a named insured” under N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(f), what is the “maximum uninsured . . . motorist coverage available under the policy” that must be provided to “an individual employed by the corporate or business entity”?
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A-9-25 Craig Chiaccheri v. Zurich American Insurance Company (090943) With respect to a “motor vehicle liability policy . . . that names a corporate or business entity as a named insured” under N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(f), what is the “maximum . . . underinsured motorist coverage available under the policy” that must be provided to “an individual employed by the corporate or business entity”; and are endorsements limiting underinsured motorist coverage to an amount less than the general third-party liability coverage limit under the same policy in violation of N.J.S.A. 17:28-1.1(f) or otherwise contrary to public policy?
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A-8-25 Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. We Inform, LLC, et al., (091145) What mental state, if any, is required to establish liability under Daniel’s Law, N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1?
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A-7-25 State v. Yusef B. Allen (090853) Read Appellate Opinion A-1045-22 Is the materiality standard for a claim that the prosecutor failed to disclose evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the same as the materiality standard for a claim of newly discovered evidence under State v. Carter, 91 N.J. 86 (1982), and does defendant satisfy the Brady materiality standard in this matter?
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A-6-25 State v. French G. Lee (090662) Read Appellate Opinion A-3125-22 Should there have been a N.J.R.E. 104 hearing on defendant’s challenge to the reliability of the State’s expert fingerprint evidence, should the potential jurors have been asked their opinions about the reliability of fingerprint evidence during voir dire, and did two of the State’s witnesses give improper testimony that the same person was depicted in both surveillance videos?
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A-5-25 State v. R.F.P. (090566) Read Appellate Opinion A-0276-24 Did defendant satisfy his burden of establishing that the alleged sexual assault victim’s pre-incident mental health records should be produced for the trial court’s in camera review, see State v. Chambers, 252 N.J. 561 (2023)?
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