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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-40-16 State v. Habeeb Robinson (078900) What is the scope of the discovery that the State must produce prior to a pretrial detention hearing held under the Bail Reform Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:162-15 to -26?
Note: This appeal has been accelerated by order of the Court and will be calendared for oral argument on a peremptory date to be scheduled by the Clerk’s Office. Should any entity wish to file a motion to participate as amicus curiae, the motion and any proposed brief must be served and filed on or before noon on 2/27/17. The State and the defendant may file answers to any such amicus motion, together with a proposed response brief to the amicus brief, on or before noon on 3/7/17. No further submissions shall be accepted unless requested by the Court.
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A-39-16 Petro-Lubricant Testing Laboratories, Inc. v. Asher Adelman (078597) In this defamation action, did posting an article on a website with minor changes from the original posting constitute a separate publication, thereby triggering a new statute of limitations, or did the single publication rule apply to render the complaint untimely?
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A-38-16 State in the Interest of J.A., a Juvenile (077383) Did exigent circumstances justify the officers’ warrantless entry in the juvenile’s home, where the officers tracked him by following the GPS signals emitted from the victim’s stolen phone?
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A-37-16 State v. Malcolm C. Hagans (078014) Was consent to search the vehicle freely and voluntarily given, under the circumstances presented?
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A-36-16 State v. Lori A. Hummel (078476) Based on defendant’s statement, were the officers’ justified in removing all of the items in defendant’s purse in her presence, before removing the purse from the interrogation room?
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A-35-16 Margo S. Ardan v. Board of Review, Department of Labor and Workforce Development (077771) Was this individual disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits because she left her employment at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, Inc. without good cause attributable to the work?
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A-33/34-16 State v. Nathan N. Shaw; State v. Keon L. Bolden (078247) Was the statement uttered by defendant while detained in a police vehicle the result of an unlawful detention; and, under the circumstances presented, must defendant show a protected privacy interest in the tote bag where drug evidence was found?
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A-31/32-16 John Giovanni Granata v. Edward F. Broderick, Jr. (078207) Among other issues, can an attorney’s pledge of anticipated counsel fees be considered a security interest under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code?
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In this action concerning defendant’s implementation of the OMNIA two-tiered provider network, may defendant redact certain information as confidential and proprietary before producing documents in discovery?
Note: This appeal has been accelerated by order of the Court dated 4/13/17. Any motion for leave to appear amicus curiae shall be served and filed with the proposed amicus brief on or before 5/5/17, and any answer shall be served and filed with the proposed brief in response on or before 5/19/17. The matter shall be scheduled for argument on June 20, 2017.
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A-28-16 State v. Tormu E. Prall (078169) In this trial for murder and arson, did the trial court err in admitting testimony about defendant's prior threats and in its handling of testimony concerning the victim's belief that defendant started the fire?
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A-27-16 New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. A.B. (077664) Did defendant abuse or neglect her sixteen-year-old daughter by refusing to permit her daughter to live in the family home after she ran away?
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A-26-16 State v. Alberto Martinez (078462) Under the circumstances presented, did the police violate defendant's right to counsel and his right to remain silent?
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A-25-16 State v. Rolando Terrell (077730) Did numerous alleged errors, including purported errors concerning the exclusion of testimony by a defense expert regarding the scientific research on voice identification, deprive defendant of a fair trial?
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A-24-16 State v. Noah Mosley (078369) Did the trial court err in accepting hearsay testimony as proof that defendant committed a new offense in violation of probation
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A-23-16 State v. Ornette M. Terry (077942) Under the circumstances presented, did the officer's search of the vehicle for credentials exceed the bounds of a permissible motor vehicle search?
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A-22-16 American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey v. Rochelle Hendricks (077885) Did the award of public grants to these two sectarian institutions of higher education violate the Free Exercise Clause of the New Jersey Constitution?
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A-21-16 Continental Insurance Company v. Honeywell International, Inc (078152) In this action regarding the allocation of insurance coverage for personal injury asbestos claims, does New Jersey law apply and must defendant assume its own risk for the period after 1987 when coverage for such claims was no longer available?
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A-20-16 Philip Vitale v. Schering-Plough Corporation (078294) Is a provision in an employment contract that limits a worker's right to sue a third party for negligence enforceable?
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A-18/19-16 Richard Catena v. Raytheon Company (078285) Were plaintiff's claims of fraud pertaining to the transfer of property barred by the statute of limitations, or did the discovery rule apply under the circumstances presented?
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A-17-16 John Paff v. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office (078040) Among other issues, does this police vehicle's video recording of an arrest fall within the 'criminal investigatory records' exemption to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13; and, if the video recording is subject to disclosure, can the arrestee's privacy-based objection justify withholding the recording?
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