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- ARLEIGH SPENCER VS. BOARD OF REVIEW, ET AL. (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) A-0489-24 Appellate Dec. 31, 2025
- YOJAYRA MORILLO VS. CARLOS BORRERO (DC-014725-23, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0779-24 Appellate Dec. 31, 2025
- CVETANKA NECEVA VS. STOP AND SHOP #0820 (L-6819-22, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1615-24 Appellate Dec. 31, 2025
- FULTON BANK, NA VS. APPLE MOUNTAIN RECREATION INC., ET AL. (F-001131-21, WARREN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1660-24 Appellate Dec. 31, 2025
- ESTATE OF ISAAC HERSKO VS. BARRY HERSKO, ET AL. (C-000220-21, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2622-23 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ANTHONY SIMS, JR. (14-08-1335, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-3526-23 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- SUSAN J. CARNEY VS. BOARD OF REVIEW, ET AL. (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) A-3729-23 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- OSONDU OPARA VS. SALVATORE DISPASQUALE, ET AL. (DC-002702-24, MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0974-24 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- EDWARD MCNEILL, JR. VS. PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ, ET AL. (L-1864-23, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2698-24 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- WILLIAM RIKER, ET AL. VS. KING PENNA, ET AL. (L-1132-22, MORRIS COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-0659-24 Appellate Jan. 2, 2026
- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ETC. VS. A.R-S. (DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-2838-23 Appellate Jan. 5, 2026
- C.V.O., III VS. D.A.O., ET AL. (L-3924-21, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-3321-24 Appellate Jan. 5, 2026
- IN THE MATTER OF BID SOLICITATION #25DPP01134 R&B DEBRIS, LLC, ET AL. (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION) (CONSOLIDATED) A-0158-25/A-0335-25 Appellate Jan. 5, 2026
- IN THE MATTER OF THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S APRIL 17, 2023, 55 N.J.R. 661(b) "ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RULES," ET AL. (NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION) (CONSOLIDATED) A-2936-22/A-2959-22 Appellate Jan. 5, 2026 Summary A-2936-22/A-2959-22 The Legislature enacted the Environmental Justice Law (EJLaw), N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157 to -161 to "correct [the] historical injustice" of "New Jersey's low-income communities and communities of color hav[ing] been subject to a disproportionately high number of environmental and public health stressors . . . ." N.J.S.A. 13:1D-157. To accomplish its stated purpose, the EJLaw requires certain polluting facilities seeking approvals under existing environmental laws for a new facility, for expansion of an existing facility, or for renewal of an existing facility's major source permit, to prepare and submit, after a process that includes public participation, an independent analysis of the facility's environmental and public health stressors or impacts on the local overburdened community, the environmental justice impact statement, and to propose all feasible measures to avoid direct facility contributions to those stressors. The Legislature directed that the Department of Environmental Protection "shall adopt . . . rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this [A]ct." N.J.S.A. 13:1D-161(a). After conducting numerous public engagement sessions seeking input from various stakeholders, and researching other approaches to environmental justice taken by the federal government and other states, DEP published its proposed rules and regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:1C (EJRules) with an extended ninety-day public comment period. After receiving written and oral comments from 497 individuals and entities, and conducting five public hearings, DEP issued an extensive response to the public's comments and then adopted its EJRules with non-substantial changes, effective April 17, 2023. In these appeals, heard back-to-back, appellants New Jersey Chapter of The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. and Engineers Labor Employer Cooperative of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 appeal DEP's adoption of the EJRules, contending they (1) are ultra vires and exceed the statutory authority provided in the EJLaw; (2) ignore the ordinary meanings of basic terms; (3) are unconstitutionally vague and/or overbroad; and (4) are arbitrary and capricious. Amicus curiae appeared on behalf of appellants and DEP. The court affirmed the adoption of the EJRules, concluding they harmonize the Legislature's remedial and preventative goals articulated in the EJLaw. Close
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- IN THE MATTER OF L.M.P. (0901-XTR-2024-000001, HUDSON COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED) A-0210-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- CAROL MCCAFFREY VS. BOARD OF REVIEW, ETC. (DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT) A-0367-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- BETH WERKSMAN VS. CITY OF ASBURY PARK, ET AL. (L-2298-22, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-1487-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026
- STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. HARPAL SINGH (11-06-0923, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) A-2076-24 Appellate Jan. 6, 2026