This page provides summaries of Supreme Court appeals, along with certain procedural information, due dates, and publicly filed briefs. The most recent cases are listed first. You can also use the search tool to find a specific case.
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-118-11 State v. Ra-King J. Allen, Sr (069823) Under the circumstances of this case, was it proper for the police officer to conduct a warrantless search of items in the trunk of a car that was in the process of being impounded?
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A-116-11 Division of Youth & Family Services v. R.G. and J.G (069970) Under the circumstances of this case involving an incarcerated parent, did DYFS establish all four prongs of the best-interests test under N.J.S.A. 30:4C-2015.1a by clear and convincing evidence, as required to terminate J.G.'s parental rights?
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A-115-11 State v. Carl Hreha (070222) Did defendant voluntarily waive his Miranda rights or should his confession have been suppressed under the circumstances?
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A-114-11 ADS Associates Group, Inc. v. Oritani Savings Bank ( (069987) Can plaintiff maintain a common law non-customer negligence claim against the bank?
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A-113-11 State v. Derrick Brown (070200) Under the circumstances, did police officers investigating narcotics transactions possess a reasonable basis to conclude that a Camden house was abandoned, thereby entitling the police to enter and search the interior of the premises without a search warrant?
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A-110-11 State v. Joseph Diorio (069597) Were the theft by deception and money laundering charges against the defendant time-barred by the statute of limitations?
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A-107-11 Princeton Office Park, LP v. Plymouth Park Tax Services, (069521) Under New Jersey law, does the purchaser of a municipal tax sale certificate hold a tax lien?
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A-104-11 State v. Jahnell Weaver (069185) Did the trial court improperly apply N.J.R.E. 404(b) to preclude defendant from offering for exculpatory purposes evidence that his codefendant used the murder weapon in subsequent shootings?
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A-101/106-11 Lorraine Gormley v. Latanya Wood-El (069717) Are defendants entitled to qualified immunity in this case alleging violation of a constitutional right to substantive due process for failing to protect plaintiff while she was providing legal services to her involuntarily-committed client?
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A-101-11 Lorraine Gormley v. Latanya Wood-El (069717)
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A-94-11 George C. Riley v. State Parole Board (069327) Is the retroactive application of the Sex Offender Monitoring Act, N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.89 to -123.95, to persons who committed offenses before its enactment unconstitutional?
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A-85-11 State v. Angelina Nicole Carlucci (069183) Were defendant's statements about her recent drug use, which were made before being informed of her Miranda rights in response to questioning by an investigating officer about drugs found at the defendant's place of employment, admissible?
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A-71-11 James P. Renner v. AT&T (068744) Does the record support this workers' compensation claim under N.J.S.A. 34:2015-7.2, which sets the standard of proof governing claims based on injury or death from cardiovascular causes?
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A-67-11 State v. Jarrett Parker (068966) Did the prosecutor's references to defendant's prior use of aliases to impeach his credibility deprive defendant of a fair trial?
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A-31-11 Amratlal C. Bhagat v. Bharat A. Bhagat (068213) In these circumstances involving a transfer of stock in a family business from father to son, was the standard for summary judgment properly applied to determine that, due to the high burden of proof needed to overcome the presumption that such a transfer is a gift, no rational factfinder could find that this was a conditional transfer instead of a gift?
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Is the defendant, the live-in boyfriend of the child-victim's mother, a "person legally charged with the care and custody" of the child and therefore guilty of first-degree endangering in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(3)?
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