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1 The Committee to Recall Robert Menendez v. Nina Wells -- rank: 1000

... a district. The Uniform Recall Election Law (UREL), N.J.S.A. 19:27A-1 to -18, which went into effect ... or any State or local elected official.” N.J.S.A. 19:27A-2. 2 On September 25 , 2009, pursuant ... the Committee to Recall Robert Menendez from the Office of U.S. Senator (Committee), submitted to Nina Wells, then-New Jersey Secretary ... panel framed the issue before it as whether the State’s constitutional and statutory recall measures, as applied to a United ... the norms of judicial restraint and compel that the Committee’s process in circulating a recall petition be halted. In ...

docket:	A-86-09
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2010-11-18
status:
citation:	204 N.J. 79 7 A.3d 720
Document Size:	437147

2 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. STEVEN D. VAWTER -- rank: 850

... property, a third-degree offense in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-10 (Section 10); Counts Five through Eight ... and Kearns with fourth-degree defacement contrary to N.J.S.A. 2C:33-11 (Section 11); Counts Nine and Ten ... 11 violate their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution. Section 10 prohibits the conduct of putting or attempting ... cross or a Nazi swastika. ����The trial court denied Vawter's and Kearns' motions to dismiss the first eight counts of ... 10 and 11 from the St. Paul ordinance in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in R.A.V. v. ...

docket:	a-15-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-05-26
status:
citation:	136 N.J. 56
Document Size:	130252

3 State v. Nathaniel Harvey -- rank: 844

... This case can also be found at 121 N.J. 407. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion of ... profusely. ����Investigating police detected no signs of forced entry. Schnaps's bedroom, however, was a scene of obvious struggle. Blood stains ... room. It appeared that someone had attempted to wipe Schnaps's body clean of blood. A white pillowcase bore a bloody ... empty Olympus camera box, and an empty jewelry box. Schnaps's pocketbook was open and did not contain any money. ����Throughout ... one a Seiko-LaSalle like the watch missing from Schnaps's apartment. Defendant was arraigned for Schnaps's murder. He said that he would tell police about ...

docket:	a-23-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1997-07-30
status:
citation:	121 N.J. 407
Document Size:	449461

4 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MARCELO G. MONTALVO -- rank: 838

... Law Division, Hudson County, Indictment No. 17-05-0091. Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney for appellant (Kayla E. Rowe, Deputy ... Proetta & Oliver, attorneys for respondent Vidal M. Salmeron; and Joel S. Silberman, attorney for respondents Marcelo G. Montalvo and Roberto R. Gonzalez (William A. Proetta, and Joel S. Silberman, on the joint brief). PER CURIAM On July 16 ... grand jury indicted defendants for second-degree conspiracy, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2; first-degree possession with intent to distribute a CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(1) and N.J. ...

docket:	a4055-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-02-15
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	38481

5 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. CALIER SAMAD -- rank: 835

... Cuttonaro, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Steven Cuttonaro, of counsel and on ... trial occurred over four-and-a-half years after Samad's arrest. The main issue on appeal is whether the indictment should be dismissed and Samad's aggregate seventy-five-year sentence should be vacated, because the ... the first instance address the factors under Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972), in light of a full record. I. ...

docket:	a2904-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-12-03
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	65467

6 DOLORES GURRIERI VS WILLIAM ZINSSER & CO., INC. -- rank: 835

... label as a "white pigmented shellac." Plaintiff claims the product's vapors caused disabling injuries to her in June 1990. The legal dispute here is over the label's efficacy. ����The Law Division judge found the product in compliance with the Federal Hazardous Substance Act (FHSA), 15 U.S.C.A. ��1261 to 1278, and granted summary judgment to Zinsser. With some modification of the judge's reasoning, we affirm. We conclude the product complied with the FHSA's labeling requirements and the state common-law claim for ...

docket:	a4238-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1999-05-03
status:	published
citation:	321 N.J.Super. 229
Document Size:	56129

7 State v. Michael Cahill -- rank: 829

... a unanimous Court. The Court considers whether defendant Michael Cahill’s right to a speedy trial was violated, thereby requiring the ... motor vehicle tickets were listed for trial in April. Cahill’s attorney promptly filed a motion to dismiss the charges claiming ... prejudiced, he explained that the anticipated loss of his driver’s license caused him to limit his employment searches to short ... attributed it to the negligence of personnel, he found Cahill’s assertions of prejudice unsupported by evidence and declined to give ... a conditional plea to the charge of DWI. His driver’s license was suspended for one year and he was ordered ... by the United States Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo , 407 U.S. 514 (1972). The court measured the delay ...

docket:	A-47-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-04-01
status:
citation:	213 N.J. 253 61 A.3d 1278
Document Size:	91545

8 Lula M. Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services -- rank: 826

... complaint under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49 (LAD). 2 In early ... on which to extend the statute of limitations on Henry’s retaliation claim. That cause of action accrued at or before ... If none exists, the court decides whether the trial court’s ruling on the law was correct. (pp. 9-10) 2 ... then shifts back to the employee to prove the employer’s stated reason was false and motivated by discriminatory intent. A ... 200 N.J. 555 (2010), the Court considered a plaintiff’s argument that cancellation of his insurance after he was terminated ... light of Roa , the Court affirms the judgment dismissing Henry’s retaliation claim because there is no equitable basis on ...

docket:	a-69-09
court:	New Jersey Supreme Court
decided:	2010-12-10
status:
citation:	204 N.J. 320 9 A.3d 882
Document Size:	821745

9 THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW JERSEY, INC. et al. v. COUNTY OF HUDSON, et al. -- rank: 823

... Thomas ����Calcagni, Gregory G. Katsas, Mark B. Stern and ����Katherine S. Dawson). ����Ronald Chen (Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic) ����argued the cause ... County and Felix ����Garcia (Matthew Malfa on the brief). ����Joseph S. Sherman, Hudson County Counsel, attorney ����for respondents Hudson County and ... United States or the government), appeals from the trial court's order and judgment requiring defendants, the counties of Hudson and ... Jacobs, its executive director, cross-appeal from the trial court's grant of the government's motion to intervene. The counties each cross- appeal, conditionally in ... the order granting intervention is reversed, from the trial court's order dismissing their third- party complaints against the INS. ...

docket:	a4100-01
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-06-12
status:	published
citation:	352 N.J. Super. 44
Document Size:	98021

10 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. BASILIS STEPHANATOS -- rank: 808

... of causing or risking widespread injury or damage, N.J.S.A. 2C:17-2(c), and from his sentence to ... from the events of June 28, 2011, when, after Sheriff's officers attempted to execute a writ of possession, defendant locked ... LAW THAT DEFENDANT WAS A 'PERSON' TO WHOM N.J.S.A. 2C:17-2 APPLIED IN ITS DEFINITION OF THE ... POINT II THE TRIAL JUDGE ERRED WHERE HE REVOKED DEFENDANT'S RIGHT OF SELF- REPRESENTATION. POINT III THE TRIAL JUDGE'S DENIAL OF DEFENDANT'S SPEEDY TRIAL MOTION WAS CLEARLY ERRONEOUS. 2 A-3443- ...

docket:	a3443-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-02-23
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	50805

11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JUDITH RUSSO -- rank: 793

... appeals her convictions for driving while intoxicated (DWI), N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, and refusal to submit to breath tests, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2 (collectively, the charges). On appeal ... THE INSTANT MATTER. 2 A-0866-16T1 POINT VIII DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION FOR REFUSING TO SUBMIT TO THE ALCOTEST, PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 39:4- 50.4, SHOULD BE REVERSED AND DISMISSED. We find defendant's claims have no merit and for the reasons that follow, affirm the trial judge's sound decision. I. We summarize the following facts and ...

docket:	a0866-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-05-22
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	73830

12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. MANUEL QUINONES -- rank: 793

... the delay of five and a half years between defendant's arrest and his still-unscheduled trial violated his constitutional right ... the right to a speedy trial. See Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530 (1972). Those factors include: the length of the delay ... applied to the facts of this case, establishes that defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. Accordingly, ...

docket:	a3845-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-12-08
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	30712

13 SHERMAN V. CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A. -- rank: 790

... Citibank (South Dakota) credit cards. Sherman claims that: New Jersey's Retail Installment Sales Act of 1960 (RISA) forbids national banks ... to New Jersey customers from charging late-payment fees; Citibank's failure to disclose in its cardmember agreements and advertisements that ... are prohibited by New Jersey law violates the New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act; and the imposition of the late-payment ... in its statutory definition of "interest." Citibank contends that Sherman's RISA claim, as well as his other claims, conflict with ... Following the institution of suit, the Law Division granted Citibank's motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice. The Appellate Division affirmed. The Supreme Court granted Sherman's petition for certification. HELD: ����Late-payment fees are not " ...

docket:	a-102-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-11-28
status:
citation:	143 N.J. 35
Document Size:	152600

14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ERIC WHITE -- rank: 790

... at the apartment and found defendant present with the victim's dead body and a knife with traces of the victim's blood on it. In addition, the victim had a blunt ... the victim. The jury convicted defendant of murder, N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a), and of third-degree possession ... a weapon (a knife) for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4(d). The jury acquitted defendant of ... parole disqualifier under the No Early Release Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2. The court merged the weapons ... the 2011 trial; (2) the trial court improperly admitted defendant's custodial statement to the police, despite his language and ...

docket:	a1988-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-12-18
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	172967

15 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF THE DENIAL OF M.U.'S APPLICATION -- rank: 790

... THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF THE DENIAL OF M.U.'S APPLICATION APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION FOR A HANDGUN March 21, 2023 ... APPELLATE DIVISION & IN THE MATTER OF THE REVOCATION OF M.U.'S FIREARMS PURCHASER IDENTIFICATION CARD AND COMPELLING THE SALE OF HIS ... 20. Louis P. Nappen argued the cause for appellant M.U. (Evan F. Nappen PC, attorneys; Louis P. Nappen, on the ... first impression, we must determine the constitutionality of N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3(c)(5), which restricts the ...

docket:	a2535-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-03-21
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	131573