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31 RIVKIN v. DOVER TOWNSHIP RENT LEVELING BOARD -- rank: 821

... a claim under the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1983 (§ 1983), for an unconstitutional deprivation of property when ... disqualify a biased Baltarzuk. According to the Rivkins, the Board's actions constituted a violation of § 1983, permitting recovery of damages ... the Rivkins' application for counsel fees but agreed that Baltarzuk's bias had tainted the proceedings. The court did not determine ... the Board with all issues to be reconsidered absent Baltarzuk's participation. After the rehearing, the Board approved an additional increase ... compensatory damages pursuant to § 1983 and § 1988, finding that Baltarzuk's action had "permeated the Board" and that the actions of ... fees or compensatory damages. The Appellate Division concluded that Baltarzuk's actions were random and unauthorized and that the Rivkins ...

docket:	a-26-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-02-29
status:
citation:	143 N.J. 352
Document Size:	100125

32 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. WAYNE PILLAR, -- rank: 821

... found at 359 N.J. Super. 249 or 820 A.2d 1. (NOTE: The status of this decision is Published .) Version ... child sexual abuse case we are constrained to reverse defendant's conviction due to the improper admission of a highly incriminating ... also inadmissible. Finally, we conclude that the admission of defendant's statement, either alone or in conjunction with the physician's testimony, cannot be deemed harmless in the circumstances of this case, which turned on defendant's credibility weighed against that of the victims.     On September 21 ... of first degree aggravated sexual assault of P.T. and S.A.T., N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2a ( ...

docket:	A2890-00
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2003-03-11
status:	published
citation:	359 N.J. Super. 249 820 A.2d 1
Document Size:	108475

33 Abbott v. Burke -- rank: 818

... 3 in aid of litigants’ rights based on the State’s failure to fully fund the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (SFRA), N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-43 to -63. The schoolchildren who comprise ... the education funding and services required to ameliorate the class’s constitutional deprivation. The State has for decades recognized the special ... plaintiff class of pupils, and its compliance with this Court’s remedial orders demonstrates its recognition that plaintiffs’ constitutionally based remedies ... and authorized the State to implement in Abbott districts SFRA’s level of funding. Abbott v. Burke , 199 N.J. 140 ... exchange of remedial orders correcting constitutional deprivations for the State’s alternative -- SFRA funding -- did not alter the constitutional underpinnings ...

docket:	M-1293-09_8
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2011-05-24
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34 ABBOTT v. BURKE -- rank: 818

... 3 in aid of litigants’ rights based on the State’s failure to fully fund the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (SFRA), N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-43 to -63. The schoolchildren who comprise ... the education funding and services required to ameliorate the class’s constitutional deprivation. The State has for decades recognized the special ... plaintiff class of pupils, and its compliance with this Court’s remedial orders demonstrates its recognition that plaintiffs’ constitutionally based remedies ... and authorized the State to implement in Abbott districts SFRA’s level of funding. Abbott v. Burke , 199 N.J. 140 ... exchange of remedial orders correcting constitutional deprivations for the State’s alternative -- SFRA funding -- did not alter the constitutional underpinnings ...

docket:	m-1293-09_5
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2011-05-24
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Document Size:	669616

35 Steven M. Lonegan; Stop the Debt.com, LLC, v. State of New Jersey -- rank: 815

... also be found at 174 N.J. 435, 809 A.2d 91.     SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion ... majority of the Court.      The Court considers whether the State's use of contract bonds without obtaining voter approval, as authorized ... V). In reliance on that approval and on the Court's long line of precedents validating similar debt issued by an ... in part and dissenting in part , concurs in the majority's decision sustaining the EFCFA. He disagrees, however, with the majority's decision to reargue the issue of the validity of contract ... COLEMAN, LONG, VERNIERO, and LaVECCHIA join in CHIEF JUSTICE PORITZ's opinion. JUSTICE STEIN filed a separate opinion concurring in ...

docket:	a-23-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-08-21
status:
citation:	174 N.J. 435
Document Size:	205268

36 Taylor v. Metzger -- rank: 812

... an African American who has been a Burlington County sheriff's officer since 1972. On January 31, 1992, Taylor was at ... and said hello. Metzger turned to Isham and stated: "There's the jungle bunny." Isham laughed. Taylor believed the remark to ... with "post-traumatic stress disorder." The psychiatrist concluded that Taylor's disorder was directly related to and caused by the racial ... to have created a hostile work environment. In addition, Taylor's proffered evidence is sufficient to posit a claim based on ... severe emotional distress. The factfinder must also determine whether Taylor's reaction was atypical, or whether Metzger's conduct was capable of causing genuine and substantial emotional ...

docket:	a-9-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-02-18
status:
citation:	152 N.J. 490
Document Size:	115936

37 State v. Jane H. Chun, et al. -- rank: 809

... also be found at 194 N.J. 54, 943 A.2d 114. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion ... are twenty individuals charged with driving while intoxicated, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, in Middlesex County, who challenged the ... Master, this time to afford defendants an opportunity, following Draeger’s intervention, to examine the source code that comprises the Alcotest ... of challenges related to how the machine measures a suspect’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC). It was contested whether: (1) the Alcotest’s use of a 2100 to 1 blood/breath ratio is ... of exhaled breath above a certain temperature; (4) the machine’s tolerance, which is the deviation range within which test ...

docket:	a-96-06
court:
decided:	2008-03-17
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citation:	194 N.J. 54
Document Size:	336511

38 State v. David Hernandez -- rank: 806

... also be found at 170 N.J. 106, 784 A.2d 122. SYLLABUS (This syllabus is not part of the opinion ... on his agreement to testify for the State at defendant's trial. At a pre-trial hearing, defense counsel moved to exclude Gerardi's testimony concerning the details of his relationship with defendant during ... defendant conducted their sales. The trial court ruled that Gerardi's testimony was admissible so that the State could explain the ... Division concluded that the other-crime evidence presented through Gerardi's testimony was incapable of meeting the clear and convincing standard ... Appellate Division went on to address the specifics of Gerardi's testimony on cross-examination, noting that he “admitted that ...

docket:	a-63-00
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2001-11-21
status:
citation:	170 N.J. 106
Document Size:	77784

39 Continental Insurance Company v. Honeywell International, Inc. -- rank: 806

... of New Jersey or Michigan (the headquarters location of Honeywell’s predecessor when the disputed excess insurance policies were issued) should ... also had significant contacts with New Jersey. Until 1973, Bendix’s largest center of operations and payroll was in New Jersey. Honeywell is the corporate successor to Bendix. Honeywell’s headquarters and principal place of business have always been located ... in this matter. 1 The allocation issue: Under New Jersey’s current law on allocation of liability among insurers, an insured ... 1, 1987) insurance ceased to be available. Applying Owens-Illinois’s approach to allocation of risk to claims arising exclusively from ... which Travelers and St. Paul jointly appealed the trial court’s 2006 order, which granted Honeywell’s partial summary judgment ...

docket:	a_21_16
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2018-06-27
status:
citation:
Document Size:	140018

40 JAMES DALE VS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA & MONMOUTH COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -- rank: 803

... American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of New Jersey (Ruth E. Harlow, Matthew A. Coles and James D. Esseks, of counsel ... and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Marvin E. Frankel, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Debora C. Fliegelman and William S. Singer, of counsel and on the brief).         David H. Dugan ... BSA is a place of public accommodation under New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination (LAD), First Amendment freedom of expressive association ... as and declared to be a civil right.         [ N.J.S.A. 10:5-4 (emphasis added).] The categories "affectional ...

docket:	a2427-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-03-02
status:	published
citation:	<a href=
Document Size:	105319

41 L.M. V. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES -- rank: 803

... Middlesex County Board of Social Services (Board) denied L.M.'s application in April 1992 because L.M.'s monthly income exceeded the eligibility limit or "income cap" of $1,266. According to the Board, L.M.'s monthly income totalled $1441,17. He received $783.80 per ... benefits from Union Carbide Corporation (Union Carbide).     Thereafter, L.M.'s wife of over sixty years filed for and obtained a ... and board. As part of the property settlement, L.M.'s pension was equitably distributed to his wife. This had the effect of reducing L.M.'s income below the "income cap." Therefore, L.M. reapplied ...

docket:	a-84-94
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1995-06-07
status:
citation:	134 N.J. 304
Document Size:	68507

42 CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY v. ACE GAMING, LLC -- rank: 799

... ………80 I. Introduction . This is the court's determination with regard to property tax appeals filed by both ... Both sets of the abovementioned block and lot numbers, i.e. those before 1999 and those in 1999, are hereinafter collectively ... Director of the Division of Taxation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:1-35(a) to 35(c) ( L. 1973 ... 000 for tax year 1999. The reasoning for the court’s decision is set forth below. II. Procedural History . For tax ... of Taxation (hereinafter the “Board”) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 54:3-21. After a hearing was held, the Board issued its judgment reducing the Subject Property’s overall assessment to $228,000,000, with $36,039, ...

docket:	00157-97
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decided:	2006-05-12
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Document Size:	361722

43 State v. Thomas J. Koskovich -- rank: 799

... abandoned property and kill him. They ordered pizzas from Tony's Pizza, requesting delivery to an abandoned house on Scott Road ... killings the next day, Christine Slater, a friend of Koskovich's, contacted the police. The day before the homicides, Koskovich had ... addition, a resident of Scott Road who had seen Koskovich's automobile on that Road the evening of the murders also ... police after he observed the same vehicle parked at Koskovich's residence.     During the early morning hours of April 21, 1997, the State Police executed a warrant for Koskovich's arrest at his home. The officers searched Koskovich and found ... the murder of Giordano involved depravity of mind (384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602 , 16 L. Ed.2d ...

docket:	a-22-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2001-06-07
status:
citation:	168 N.J. 448
Document Size:	270078

44 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ROBERT HANDY -- rank: 793

... OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-0401-09T4 S APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION August 4, 2011 APPELLATE DIVISION TATE OF ... acquittal on a theory of self-defense. In rejecting defendant's motion to be tried first on his self-defense claim ... so because Khan conflicts with several aspects of our State's Criminal Code; Khan relied upon District of Columbia case law ... Such an insanity trial, which might result in the defendant's indefinite commitment in a mental institution, should not have to ... by this case for prospective consideration by the Supreme Court's Committee on Criminal Practice. I. The procedural history of this ... of the fatal stabbing of Arthur Cooper, defendant Robert Handy's uncle, on January 13, 2004. They lived together in ...

docket:	a0401-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-04
status:	published
citation:	421 N.J. Super. 559 25 A.3d 1140
Document Size:	160204

45 DIANNA SANCHEZ V. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES -- rank: 793

... and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ("PRWORA"). 42 U.S.C.A. §601 et seq. The PRWORA replaced the Aid ... in the State for less than 12 months.         [ 42 U.S.C.A. §604 (c).] Pursuant to PRWORA, in 1997 the ... Legislature passed the Work First New Jersey Program, N.J.S.A. 44:10-34 et seq. As part of the ... Work First New Jersey Program, the Legislature enacted N.J.S.A. 44:10-46:         A recipient who has resided in ... amount that the recipient would have received from the recipient's immediately prior state of residence if that amount is less ... of the Camden County Board of Social Services limiting plaintiff's benefits pursuant to the statute, and permanently enjoin defendant ...

docket:	a0466-97
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-07-08
status:	published
citation:	<a href=
Document Size:	60348