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1 Burgosv. State of New Jersey -- rank: 1000

... enforceable contract that is entitled to constitutional protection. The State’s public pension systems are defined-benefit plans, which guarantee participants ... amount of benefits payable upon retirement based on the participant’s salary and time spent in the pension system. The benefits ... added language explicitly declaring that each member of the State’s pension systems “shall have a contractual right to the ... proposed budget, which also included funding to satisfy the State’s required payment (i.e., 4/7 of the ARC). On ... The next day, citing new information that placed the State’s projected revenue at less than previous projections, the State Treasurer ... then-imminently concluding FY14, the Law Division upheld the Governor’s determination not to make the required FY14 ARC payment, ...

docket:	A-55-04
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-06-09
status:
citation:
Document Size:	384416

2 Burgos v. State of New Jersey -- rank: 1000

... enforceable contract that is entitled to constitutional protection. The State’s public pension systems are defined-benefit plans, which guarantee participants ... amount of benefits payable upon retirement based on the participant’s salary and time spent in the pension system. The benefits ... added language explicitly declaring that each member of the State’s pension systems “shall have a contractual right to the ... proposed budget, which also included funding to satisfy the State’s required payment (i.e., 4/7 of the ARC). On ... The next day, citing new information that placed the State’s projected revenue at less than previous projections, the State Treasurer ... then-imminently concluding FY14, the Law Division upheld the Governor’s determination not to make the required FY14 ARC payment, ...

docket:	A-55-14
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-06-09
status:
citation:	222 N.J. 175 118 A.3d 270
Document Size:	209909

3 Annemarie Morgan v. Sanford Brown Institute -- rank: 993

... and certain administrators caused them to enroll in Sanford Brown’s ultrasound technician program. Plaintiffs claimed that they sustained financial loss ... under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A . 56:8-1 to -195. The Appellate Division reversed ... the trial court improperly failed to enforce the arbitration agreement’s delegation clause. The panel found that the parties had clearly ... of First Options of Chi., Inc. v. Kaplan , 514 U.S. 938 (1995), and Atalese v. U.S. Legal Servs. Grp. , 219 N.J. 430 (2014), cert. denied , 135 S. Ct. 2804 (2015). They also fail to satisfy the ...

docket:	A-31-14
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2016-06-14
status:
citation:	225 N.J. 289 137 A.3d 1168
Document Size:	145428

4 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 972

... 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 ... lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post and ... cause, he is entitled to qualified immunity. Buccino, as Simonini's supervisor, is not liable because there was no evidence ...

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

5 Frank Schneider, Jr. v. State Investigator Donald Simonini -- rank: 972

... 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 ... lawsuit Schneider and his wife filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. §1983 (Section 1983) against Simonini, Buccino, Post and ... cause, he is entitled to qualified immunity. Buccino, as Simonini's supervisor, is not liable because there was no evidence ...

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

6 Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. John J. Farmer, Jr. -- rank: 954

... State statute, the Parental Notification for Abortion Act ( N.J.S.A. 9:17A-1.1 to -1.12), that conditions a minor's right to obtain an abortion on parental notification unless a ... on June 28, 1999. The Act sets forth the Legislature's findings that there exist compelling and important State interests in ... abortion or when the attending physician certifies in the minor's medical records that the abortion is necessary due to a ... that notification of the parent is not in the minor's best interests. If the judge does not make findings permitting waiver, the physician must comply with the Act's notice provisions before performing the abortion or face potential ...

docket:	a-52-99
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2000-08-15
status:
citation:	165 N.J. 609
Document Size:	135577

7 JOSEPH A. QUIGLEY v. KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP., -- rank: 933

... of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49. He now appeals from ... the LAD when he signed the agreements.     We reject plaintiff's argument that the trial court erred in "elevating the public ... he was a senior manager with defendant, serving as defendant's "personal and regional coordinator" for its telecommunications consulting practice. Plaintiff ... violation of the LAD, that as a result of defendant's actions, he lost wages, bonuses, pension benefits, and unused personal ... in July 1984. Keller explained that, in accordance with defendant's policy, as consideration for these promotions defendant required plaintiff to execute a Manager's Agreement and a Senior Manager's Agreement respectively. Paragraph ...

docket:	a2900-98
court:	njappellate
decided:	2000-04-25
status:	published
citation:	<a href=
Document Size:	59951

8 Paul M. DePascale v. State of New Jersey -- rank: 923

... After the trial court and Appellate Division denied the State’s requests for a stay, plaintiff filed a motion for direct ... sitting justices and judges, diminishes judicial salaries during a jurist’s term of appointment in violation of Article VI, Section 6 ... confidence in the integrity of the judiciary , and Article VI's No-Diminution Clause promotes that goal in perception and reality ... fear of economic retaliation. (pp. 3-5) 3. New Jersey's No-Diminution Clause serves the same purposes as the No ... separation of powers and preserving an independent judiciary. New Jersey's 1844 Constitution included a clause that mirrored the federal No ... and import of the federal language adopted in New Jersey’s 1844 Constitution was well-understood by the people of ...

docket:	A-34-11
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2012-07-24
status:
citation:	211 N.J. 40 47 A.3d 690
Document Size:	196419

9 State v. Kristina Burris -- rank: 902

... her first statement, Burris denied any involvement in her mother's death. Burris then asked for a lawyer and refused to ... to counsel invoked under the Fifth Amendment and New Jersey's privilege against self-incrimination. Although those statements were not admitted in evidence for purposes of proving Burris's guilt, the trial court determined that the statements could be used on cross-examination to impeach Burris's credibility. The court instructed the jury that the statements could only be used for the purposes of evaluating Burris's credibility, and not as substantive evidence.     The jury convicted Burris ... murder and possession of a firearm, concluding that the State's use of the second and third statements were impermissible. ...

docket:	a-36-95
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1996-07-24
status:
citation:	145 N.J. 509
Document Size:	111201

10 Martindale v. Sandvik, Inc. -- rank: 895

... and obtained disability leave. After giving birth, defendant granted plaintiff's request for family and medical leave to commence at the ... position was being eliminated due to a reorganization of defendant's holding company and its financial department. Defendant ceased disability payments ... arbitration. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed plaintiff's complaint without prejudice, but ordered a stay pending appeal.     On appeal, the Appellate Division affirmed the trial court's ruling. The panel determined that the arbitration agreement contained in ... and unambiguous, and it was sufficiently broad to encompass plaintiff's statutory causes of action. 1. The first step in determining ... Legislature codified its endorsement of arbitration agreements in N.J.S.A. 2A:24-1 to -11, and New Jersey ...

docket:	a-10-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-07-17
status:
citation:	173 N.J. 76
Document Size:	87711

11 CHARLES MAUDSLEY AND BARBARA MAUDSLEY v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al. -- rank: 871

... IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY, CAPE MAY COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, CAPE MAY COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, ROBERT CRAMER, CAPE ... HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY, AND CAPE MAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,     Defendant-Appellants/Cross-Respondents. ___________________________________________________________         Argued October 7, 2002 - Decided ... Greenberg and Sade, attorneys; Ms. Morris, on the brief).         Lawrence S. Lustberg argued the cause for respondents (Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan ... J.A.D.     Cape May County, Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, Cape May County Narcotics Task Force, Robert Cramer and ... costs to plaintiffs.     The Maudsleys cross appeal from the judge's decision denying punitive damages, prejudgment interest, and award of only ... nothing was found.     The Maudsleys filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for compensatory damages to themselves and to ...

docket:	a5616-00
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-02-27
status:	published
citation:	357 N.J. Super. 560
Document Size:	94845

12 JONATHAN SINGER V. COMMODITIES CORPORATION -- rank: 860

... 1246-95T3 JONATHAN SINGER,     Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COMMODITIES CORPORATION (U.S.A.),     Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________________________________         Argued February 21, 1996 -- Decided July 23 ... by MICHELS, P.J.A.D.     Defendant Commodities Corporation (U.S.A.), pursuant to leave granted by this court, appeals from ... According to plaintiff, the loans were predicated on the affiliate's net equity. Thus, the loan agreements provided for recall of the entire loan if Hamilton's unit value decreased by 25" from its peak level. The ... provided for accelerated payments or loan recall if the affiliate's financial status declined to threshold levels, and required notice to ... plaintiff became concerned that Jeff Parket, one of the firm's portfolio managers, was assigning inaccurate prices to the securities ...

docket:	a1246-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-07-23
status:	published published
citation:	292 N.J.Super. 391
Document Size:	74334

13 JONATHAN SINGER V. COMMODITIES CORPORATION -- rank: 860

... 1246-95T3 JONATHAN SINGER,     Plaintiff-Respondent, v. COMMODITIES CORPORATION (U.S.A.),     Defendant-Appellant. _________________________________________________________________         Argued February 21, 1996 -- Decided July 23 ... by MICHELS, P.J.A.D.     Defendant Commodities Corporation (U.S.A.), pursuant to leave granted by this court, appeals from ... According to plaintiff, the loans were predicated on the affiliate's net equity. Thus, the loan agreements provided for recall of the entire loan if Hamilton's unit value decreased by 25" from its peak level. The ... provided for accelerated payments or loan recall if the affiliate's financial status declined to threshold levels, and required notice to ... plaintiff became concerned that Jeff Parket, one of the firm's portfolio managers, was assigning inaccurate prices to the securities ...

docket:	a1245-95
court:	njappellate
decided:	1996-07-23
status:	published published
citation:	292 N.J.Super. 391
Document Size:	74334

14 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PHILLIP PARSONS, -- rank: 857

... motion to withdraw a guilty plea based upon the State's concealment of exculpatory evidence. We hold that the court should ... there is a reasonable probability that but for the State's failure to disclose, the defendant would not have pled guilty ... we conclude that the Law Division erred by denying defendant's motion to retract. I.     We need not recount the facts ... and arrested both Parsons and Carmen. A search of Carmen's clothing revealed marijuana and a set of keys. While waiting ... Parsons filed a motion seeking the release of Detective Marshall's personnel records. In his documentary submissions accompanying the motion, Parsons ... then moved to withdraw his guilty plea, citing the State's discovery violation. In his accompanying affidavit, Parsons' attorney represented ...

docket:	a3292-99
court:	njappellate
decided:	2001-06-26
status:	published
citation:	341 N.J. Super. 448
Document Size:	26216

15 STATE OF NEW JERSEY V. LUCY MALDONADO -- rank: 853

... prosecuted for various offenses including a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9 is constitutional in all respects. In addition, a conviction under N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9. A defendant convicted of distribution or ... that the death was neither too remote from the defendant's actions nor too dependent on another's conduct to make the conviction unjust.      N.J.S.A. 2C:35-9 (section 9) reads as follows:          a ... analog thereof, in violation of subsection a. of N.J.S. 2C:35-5, is strictly liable for a death ...

docket:	a-25-92
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-08-01
status:
citation:	137 N.J. 536
Document Size:	105572