- NARENDRA LAKHANI, ET AL. VS. ANIL PATEL, ET AL. (L-0386-11 AND L-0758-11, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3562-22 Appellate Aug. 9, 2024 Summary A-3562-22 The issue presented, one of first impression, is whether a court-appointed Special Adjudicator's fees to resolve discovery disputes can be charged to an individual or entity who were not parties to the underlying litigation but petitioned the court to quash a subpoena. Because we conclude Rule 4:41-2 limits the imposition of the Special Adjudicator's fees to the parties in the underlying litigation, we reverse the trial court's order imposing fees on the nonparty appellants, who moved to quash the subpoena, as they are nonparties to the underlying litigation. Close
- SHARON IVANOVS VS. RAIMONDS IVANOVS (FM-21-0215-19, WARREN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-4041-21 Appellate Aug. 12, 2024
- ALICIA PAPADELIAS VS. ZACKARIAS PAPADELIAS (FM-12-2119-12, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0091-22 Appellate Aug. 12, 2024
- BERLEY ASSOCIATES LTD, ET AL. VS. TOWN OF MORRISTOWN, ET AL. (L-0039-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1650-22 Appellate Aug. 12, 2024
- NATIONAL JUDGEMENT RECOVERY AGENCY, INC. VS. MARIA L. MERCADANTE, ET AL., AND ELISA SKINNER (L-1193-08, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2633-22 Appellate Aug. 12, 2024
- IN RE ADOPTION OF N.J.A.C. 5:105-1.6(a)(1) (GOVERNMENT RECORDS COUNCIL) A-0963-22 Appellate Aug. 12, 2024 Summary A-0963-22 In 2022, the Government Records Council (GRC) adopted N.J.A.C. 5:105-1.6(a)(1). The regulation provides that all submissions made to the GRC during its adjudication of a denial-of-access complaint under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, "shall not be considered government records subject to public access pursuant to" OPRA "during the pendency of [the] adjudication." This direct appeal challenges the regulation's validity. The court holds the regulation is invalid because it violates OPRA's plainly stated requirements, finds no support in OPRA, and is inconsistent with the legislative mandate embodied in OPRA that the citizens of this state are entitled to prompt and full public access to government records. The court further finds that in its adoption of the regulation, the GRC, which is charged with enforcing OPRA's broad policy of construing its terms "in favor of the public's right of access," N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, invalidly shields itself from public scrutiny during its performance of one of its core responsibilities—the adjudication of denial-of-access complaints. Close
- IN THE MATTER OF LISA SANES, ET AL. (NEW JERSEY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION) A-0885-22 Appellate Aug. 13, 2024
- ESTATE OF WILLIAMS SARAVIA, ETC. VS. BAYONNE DRY DOCK & REPAIR CORP., ET AL. (L-1997-20, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1679-22 Appellate Aug. 13, 2024
- MATTHEW LOTOCKI VS. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, ET AL. (L-0013-23, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2427-22 Appellate Aug. 13, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. MAURICE TAYLOR (86-07-2791 AND 86-11-3995, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3380-22 Appellate Aug. 13, 2024
- SJ 660 LLC VS. BOROUGH OF EDGEWATER, ET AL. (L-8788-19, L-4882-20 AND L-5095-20, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0788-22 Appellate Aug. 13, 2024
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. IBE ALLAH-JR (21-01-0025, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3326-21 Appellate Aug. 14, 2024
- JOSEPH P. FAZZIO ORGANIZATION, LLC VS. JASON GILOLEY, ET AL. (C-000051-19, GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3365-21/A-0678-22/A-0681-22/A-0898-22 Appellate Aug. 14, 2024
- ROOSEVELT MANOR APARTMENTS VS. JALIS ESPINOZA (LT-007378-22, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3128-22 Appellate Aug. 14, 2024
- VINCENT BLEHL VS. THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF SADDLE RIVER, ET AL. (L-2078-22, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3185-22 Appellate Aug. 14, 2024
- M.A. VS. P.B. (FM-18-0485-21, SOMERSET COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2738-21 Appellate Aug. 15, 2024
- IN THE MATTER OF SIMONNE ALI, ETC. (NEW JERSEY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION) A-1585-22 Appellate Aug. 15, 2024
- IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD BY A.R.G. AND A.M.T.G. (FA-04-0128-20, CAMDEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3028-22 Appellate Aug. 15, 2024
- IN THE MATTER OF REGISTRANT M.L. (ML-22-03-0038, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-1008-22 Appellate Aug. 16, 2024 Summary A-1008-22 In this appeal, as a matter of first impression, the court considered whether the State may move to expand the scope of notification under Megan's Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 to -23, based on an increased risk of harm to the community not otherwise accounted for in the Registrant Risk Assessment Scale (Scale). Having reviewed precedent concerning heartland applications, the court was satisfied the State may, in limited circumstances, request notification more expansive than indicated by a registrant's confirmed Scale score. As with a registrant's heartland application, the State may only request an expansion of notification in the "unusual case where relevant, material, and reliable facts exist for which the Scale does not account, or does not adequately account . . . . Those facts must be sufficiently unusual to establish that a particular registrant's case falls outside the 'heartland' of cases." In re Registrant G.B. , 147 N.J. 62, 82 (1996). The court agreed that this case, which resulted in the "ultimate harm" of death to the victim, presented facts not taken into account by the Scale, and that the judge's decision did not constitute an abuse of discretion. Close
- C.R.S. VS. H.D. (FD-12-0462-18, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2870-22 Appellate Aug. 16, 2024