This page provides summaries of Supreme Court appeals, along with certain procedural information, due dates, and publicly filed briefs. The most recent cases are listed first. You can also use the search tool to find a specific case.
APPEALS ADDED IN THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT LISTED NEWEST TO OLDEST
Summaries for Informational Purposes Only: The following statements of issues on appeal are prepared by the Office of the Clerk for the convenience of the reader. They have been neither reviewed nor approved by the Supreme Court. Please note that, in the interest of brevity, some issues may not have been summarized.
Party Briefing and Case Documents: Briefing on appeals before the Supreme Court is governed by Court Rule. The Court’s order taking the appeal typically will include the due dates for the parties’ merits briefs and for amicus motions and briefs. The order is included in the “Case Document(s)” for each appeal. If the appeal is not sealed, the parties’ briefs also will be included in the “Case Document(s).”
Amicus Motions: Beginning on Feb. 10, 2026, motions for leave to appear as amicus curiae and proposed amicus briefs in Supreme Court appeals are due ten (10) days after the respondent files its merits brief, and motions to extend or relax the time for filing an amicus motion and brief will not be accepted. See R. 1:13-9(e).
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A-81/82/83-15 J.B./L.A./B.M./W.M./R.L. v. New Jersey State Parole Board (077235) May sex offenders on parole supervision for life ('PSL') or community supervision for life ('CSL') be forced to take a polygraph examination administered by the New Jersey State Parole Board?
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A-80-15 New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. J.L.G. (076543) Did J.L.G. abuse or neglect his girlfriend's seven-year-old child, within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21(c)(4), when he told his girlfriend to stop hitting the child without doing more to intervene?
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A-79-15 State v. Michael Ross II. (077458) Did the trial judge's questioning of witnesses exceed the boundaries of permissible inquiry under N.J.R.E. 614, among other authority?
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A-78-15 State v. Dewight Greer (077618) Did the trial court retain the authority to sua sponte reconsider defendant's motion for a judgment of acquittal (pursuant to Rule 3:18-1) and to acquit defendant of a charge three months after the court had declared a mistrial on that count?
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A-77-15 Robert A. Verry v. Franklin Fire District No. 1 (Somerset) (077495) Among other issues, is the Millstone Valley Fire Department an "instrumentality" of the Franklin Fire District No.1 and thus a "public agency" subject to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13)?
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A-76-15 State v. Crisoforo Montalvo (077331) Under the circumstances presented, did the trial court err in its instruction to the jury on the charge of unlawful possession of a weapon?
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A-75-15 Twanda Jones v. Morey's Pier, Inc (077502) Was this third-party defendant entitled to summary judgment on defendants' claim for contribution where the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA) barred direct claims by plaintiffs against the third-party defendant?
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A-74-15 State v. Dasean Harper (077427) Did the trial court err in vacating defendant's conviction for possessing a handgun, where the underlying offense occurred in the 180-day period that followed the effective date of P.L. 2013, c. 117 § 1 ('An Act concerning the possession of certain firearms')?
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A-73-15 State v. Brian Tier (077328) Where defendant provided, in discovery, a list of proposed witnesses, including their addresses and birth dates, was defendant also required to provide the State a proffer of the witnesses' testimony?
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A-72-15 State v. Rodney J. Miles a/k/a Jamal D. Allen (077035) Does the 'same evidence' test, as expressed by the United States Supreme Court in Illinois v. Vitale, 447 U.S. 410 (1980), continue to govern the double jeopardy analysis in New Jersey for defendants facing successive prosecutions?
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A-71-15 Denise Brown v. State of New Jersey (076656) Did police violate plaintiff's rights when they entered her home without a warrant or consent in order to secure her residence while they sought a search warrant; and, if so, is this detective entitled to qualified immunity?
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A-70-15 State v. Amir Randolph (076506) Under the circumstances presented, was defendant entitled to suppress the evidence seized from this purportedly vacant or abandoned apartment?
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A-69-15 Tahisha Roach v. BM Motoring (077125) Did defendant's conduct constitute a breach of the parties' Dispute Resolution Agreement, which contained an arbitration provision, or a waiver of defendant's right to enforce the Agreement?
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Can a government records custodian bring an action pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:16-50 to -62, to secure a declaratory judgment that it properly denied access to a record under the Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, and the common law right of access; and, did this requestor have a right to access records pertaining to financial relief payments made by the Association?
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A-67-15 Maryanne Grande v. Saint Clare's Health System (076606) Under the circumstances presented, was defendant entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's allegations that she was terminated based upon a perceived or actual disability, in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD)?
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A-66-15 State v. Anthony K. Cole (076255) Did the trial court err in admitting, over defendant's objection, the portion of defendant's videotaped statement that was captured when he was alone in the interrogation room?
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A-65-15 Michael Conley, Jr. v. Mona Guerrero (076928) Did defendant, the seller of a residence, effectively terminate her sale agreement with plaintiffs-buyers during the 'three day review' authorized by the agreement?
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A-64-15 Motorworld, Inc. v. William Benkendorf (077009) Did plaintiffs' release defendants' $600,000 debt in exchange for 'reasonably equivalent value' within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 25:2-27(a), and was it a fraudulent conveyance?
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A-63-15 State v. James Comer (077318) Does defendant's aggregate sentence, imposed for a homicide offense among other charges, violate the proscriptions of Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012) and other authority regarding sentences of juvenile offenders?
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A-62-15 State v. William R. Joe (077034) Is a defendant entitled to jail credit for pre-sentence time in custody in another state while under indictment in New Jersey?
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