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1 FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS v. S.A.C. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. -- rank: 1000

... and CRUM & FORSTER HOLDINGS CORP., Plaintiffs-Appellants/ Cross-Respondents, v. S.A.C. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., S.A.C. CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C., S.A.C. CAPITAL ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., SIGMA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ... L.P., DAVID ROCKER, THIRD POINT L.L.C., DANIEL S. LOEB, JEFFREY PERRY, INSTITUTIONAL CREDIT PARTNERS, L.L.C., WILLIAM GAHAN, 1 JAMES S. CHANOS, and KYNIKOS ASSOCIATES, L.P., Defendants-Respondents, and EXIS ... bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondents S.A.C. Capital Management, L.L.C., S.A. ...

docket:	a0963-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-04-27
status:	published
citation:	450 N.J.Super. 1 160 A.3d 44
Document Size:	320001

2 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2694-18.opn.html -- rank: 916

... Douglas R. Helman, of counsel and on the brief). Taylor S. Hicks, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Angelo J. Onofri, Mercer County Prosecutor, attorney; Taylor S. Hicks, of counsel and on the brief). The opinion of ... – along with two second-degree weapons charges. The jury's verdict was based, in part, on the testimony of an ... ineligibility under the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, and a concurrent five-year ... defendant raises the following arguments: I. THE RULING THAT [DEFENDANT]'S STATEMENT, ELICITED IN VIOLATION OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT AND STATUTORY ... OF ANY JURY CHARGE ON IDENTIFICATION – WHEN THE STATE'S ENTIRE CASE HINGED UPON THE EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY OF ONE ...

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court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
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3 State v. Steven R. Fortin -- rank: 909

... young sons of the motel clerk and a friend. Padilla’s body was found 500 feet from the motel inside one ... that were consistent with forceful penetration. A fracture in Padilla’s hyoid bone and other injuries revealed that she had been ... At approximately 11:15 p.m., Fortin returned to Bennett’s apartment looking for Archer. He left the apartment a few minutes later. Fortin’s walk back to the Douglas Motel would have set him ... arrested for sexually assaulting Maine State Trooper Vicki Gardner. Fortin’s savage assault on Trooper Gardner became the centerpiece of the State’s case.     On the evening of April 3, 1995, Trooper ...

docket:	a-31-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2004-02-03
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citation:	178 N.J. 540
Document Size:	234908

4 State v. Robert O. Marshall -- rank: 906

... to murder his wife, and sentenced to death. The State's theory at trial was that defendant had hired another to ... that court a petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). Defendant's amended petition contained a total of 548 grounds for reversal ... would be taken except on five claims involving defense counsel's representation in opening statement that defendant would testify, and defendant's competence to take part in the penalty-phase proceeding after ... defendant to present documentary evidence only.     The court denied defendant's petition for PCR, finding defendant's legal arguments to be without merit and concluding that ...

docket:	a-38-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1997-03-05
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citation:	130 N.J. 109
Document Size:	586551

5 Lula M. Henry v. New Jersey Department of Human Services -- rank: 900

... 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
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citation:	204 N.J. 320 9 A.3d 882
Document Size:	821745

6 State v. Samuel Ryan -- rank: 881

... Unpublished.) SYLLABUS This syllabus is not part of the Court’s opinion. It has been prepared by the Office of the ... convicted of, each of the two 1996 robberies. Upon defendant’s conviction for the second 1996 robbery, the State moved to ... an illegal sentence -- relying on the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile offenders are unconstitutional, and the Court’s holding in State v. Zuber, 227 N.J. 422 ( ...

docket:	a-65-20
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2022-02-07
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7 E&J Equities v. Board of Adjustment of Franklin Township -- rank: 881

... Board voted 4 to 3 in favor of E&J’s application. The vote constituted a statutory denial of the use ... billboards, provide a rational and objective basis for the Township’s determination to ban digital billboards. This Court granted plaintiff’s petition for certification. 220 N.J. 574 (2015). HELD: A ... Amendment . See Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego , 453 U.S. 490 (1981); Bell v. Township of Stafford , 110 N.J ... be erected in the M-2 zone. Despite the Township’s assertion that no standards exist to allow it to ...

docket:	A-40-14
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-09-15
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citation:	226 N.J. 549 146 A.3d 623
Document Size:	109882

8 Philip A. Besler, et al. v. Board of Education of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, et al. -- rank: 877

... Court with two primary issues. First, whether plaintiff Philip Besler's right to free speech under the First Amendment was violated ... School District (Board). Second, whether the evidence supported the jury's award of $100,000 for plaintiff's pain-and-suffering. In the spring of 1996 Philip Besler ... public comment period began with a statement by the Board's President, Dr. Lester Bynum. Dr. Bynum stated that the public ... the Board, the girls high school basketball coach, the District's Superintendent, the high school Principal, and others. Only one of the twelve counts dealt with Mr. Besler's federal civil rights claim pursuant to 42 U.S. ...

docket:	a-81-08
court:	supreme
decided:	2010-05-17
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citation:	201 N.J. 544 993 A.2d 805
Document Size:	263597

9 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. JAMES FAIR -- rank: 868

... which was supervised by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office (MCPO) and dubbed 'Operation Dead End,' targeted an alleged ... counts based on conversations intercepted on the wiretap of Fair's cell phone as well as other evidence uncovered during the ... for purposes of trial. As a result of the State's motion for joinder, on March 30, 2017, the trial judge ... evidence, under N.J.R.E. 404(b), of Fair's, Walker's, and Leonard's gang membership. After three days of jury selection, a ...

docket:	a2754-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-04-19
status:	Unpublished
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10 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 861

... J., writing for the Court on the issue of Simonini's qualified immunity . The events that led to the mistaken arrest ... by Schneider and his wife for the violation of Schneider's constitutional rights occurred in 1989. The New Jersey Division of ... His supervisor was Robert Buccino, the head of the DCJ's Organized Crime Bureau. In April 1989, Simonini was told by ... be endangered and the investigation jeopardized. Shortly thereafter, the DCJ's investigation ended. After reviewing the evidence he had against Schneider ... the lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post ...

docket:	a-84-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-03-06
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citation:	163 N.J. 336
Document Size:	138388

11 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 861

... J., writing for the Court on the issue of Simonini's qualified immunity . The events that led to the mistaken arrest ... by Schneider and his wife for the violation of Schneider's constitutional rights occurred in 1989. The New Jersey Division of ... His supervisor was Robert Buccino, the head of the DCJ's Organized Crime Bureau. In April 1989, Simonini was told by ... be endangered and the investigation jeopardized. Shortly thereafter, the DCJ's investigation ended. After reviewing the evidence he had against Schneider ... the lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post ...

docket:	a-84-98
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-03-06
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citation:	163 N.J. 336
Document Size:	138347

12 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS KEVIN SCHERZER, ET AL -- rank: 858

... mentally defective victim, M.G. In September 1990, the prosecutor's application to have three juveniles, Christopher Archer, his brother Paul ... second degree conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3a, Counts Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine ... J. 454, 459 (1967). The judge must view the State's evidence, both direct and circumstantial, in its entirety and give ... be drawn" from that testimony. Ibid. In reviewing the judge's determination, we can give no consideration to any evidence or inferences from the defendant's case and must exclude from our consideration any improperly admitted evidence. Ibid.     At the close of the State's case, defendants moved for judgments of acquittal on all ...

docket:	a4374-92
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-05-20
status:	published
citation:	301 N.J.Super. 363
Document Size:	244706

13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS KEVIN SCHERZER, ET AL -- rank: 858

... mentally defective victim, M.G. In September 1990, the prosecutor's application to have three juveniles, Christopher Archer, his brother Paul ... second degree conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual assault ( N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3a, Counts Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine ... J. 454, 459 (1967). The judge must view the State's evidence, both direct and circumstantial, in its entirety and give ... be drawn" from that testimony. Ibid. In reviewing the judge's determination, we can give no consideration to any evidence or inferences from the defendant's case and must exclude from our consideration any improperly admitted evidence. Ibid.     At the close of the State's case, defendants moved for judgments of acquittal on all ...

docket:	a4887-92
court:	njappellate
decided:	1997-05-20
status:	published
citation:	301 N.J.Super. 363
Document Size:	244706

14 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a2244-03.opn.html -- rank: 855

... CRAIG HUTCHISON and CHRIS LODEWYKS; MAUREEN KILIAN and CINDY MENEGHIN; S APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION June 14, 2005 APPELLATE DIVISION ARAH and ... Law Division, Mercer County, Docket No. L-15-03. David S. Buckel (Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.) of the ... Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione and Mr. Buckel, attorneys; Lawrence S. Lustberg and Jennifer Ching (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione ... Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (Alan E. Kraus, Richard S. Zbur, Stuart S. Kurlander, Charles J. Butler and Jeffrey R. Hamlin (Latham & Watkins ... Sandler, attorneys for amicus curiae City of Asbury Park (Douglas S. Eakeley, of counsel and on the brief). Demetrios K. ...

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court:	NJ Superior Court Law/Chancery Division
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citation:	378 N.J. Super. 168 875 A.2d 259
Document Size:	154545

15 State v. Nathaniel Harvey -- rank: 848

... 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 the ... warnings. Defendant confessed to murdering Schnaps shortly thereafter.     At defendant's first trial, the State relied on defendant's confession. ...

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