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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.
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Did alleged conflicts of interests of some members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment render the Board’s grant of a land use application invalid?
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Does Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -20, apply to this sale of a custom-built tow truck; and did the Appellate Division err by failing to address whether plaintiff established the elements of a claim under the CFA?
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A-65-17 Cynthia M. Blake v. Board of Review (080198) Was claimant disqualified from obtaining unemployment benefits, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a), as amended in 2015, where she resigned her job in order to accept a new position, but never commenced work in the new position because it was no longer available?
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A-64-17 State v. Lawrence Carter, Jr. (079949) Was defendant entitled to the suppression of weapons found in his car, where officers searched for defendant’s registration and insurance information, despite earlier having discovered that the car was registered to defendant; and, did the trial court adequately analyze defendant’s claim that the prosecutor impermissibly exercised preemptory challenges based on race?
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A-63-17 Frances Green v. Monmouth University (080612) Under the circumstances presented, was Monmouth University, a non-profit educational institution, entitled to summary judgment on the ground of charitable immunity, where plaintiff allegedly was injured while attending a concert on University property?
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A-61/62-17 L.R. v. Camden City Public School District (080333) Are plaintiffs—the mother of a student with a disability and a nonprofit advocacy organization—entitled to obtain from several school districts redacted copies of settlement agreements and records reflecting the provision of special services to other qualified students?
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A-60-17 State v. Dwight M. Nelson a/k/a Nelson Dwight (080159) Under the circumstances presented, did the police have a reasonable articulable suspicion to stop defendant’s car; and were defendant’s rights violated when officers conducted a canine sniff during the course of the stop?
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A-59-17 State v. L.H. (079974) Was defendant’s statement to police obtained voluntarily where officers suggested that defendant would receive counseling and would not be jailed if he spoke with them; and, should one victim’s out-of-court identification have been suppressed for failure to comply with the recording requirements of Rule 3:11 and the principles established in State v. Delgado, 188 N.J. 48 (2006)?
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A-58-17 State v. Davon M. Johnson (080394) Did the State err in denying defendant’s application for admission into the Pretrial Intervention Program (PTI), based, in part, on its determination that defendant was presumptively ineligible for PTI because he was charged with third-degree possession of heroin with intent to distribute in a school zone?
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A-56/57-17 State v. Kwesi Green (080562) Is an out-of-court identification obtained using the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) system subject to the requirements of Rule 3:11, which governs the record of an out-of-court identification procedure?
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A-55-17 Jennifer Kocanowski v. Township of Bridgewater (080510) Is claimant, a volunteer firefighter, entitled to temporary disability payments for injuries that occurred when she was unemployed and therefore not earning a wage?
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A-54-17 State v. Rainlin Vasco (080426) Under the circumstances presented, did defendant provide an adequate factual basis for his guilty plea to fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(d)?
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A-53-17 State v. Andrew J. Fede (079997) Can defendant be guilty of obstruction of justice, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1, for refusing to unlock the door to his residence and allowing police to enter to investigate a 911 report?
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A-52-17 Patricia J. McClain v. Board of Review (080397) Must an employee actually start new employment to be exempt from disqualification for unemployment benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:21-5(a), which exempts “an individual who voluntarily leaves work with one employer to accept from another employer employment which commences not more than seven days after the individual leaves . . . the first employer”?
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A-51-17 State v. Nicholas Kiriakakis (080100) Did the imposition of a parole ineligibility term violate Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), under the circumstances presented?
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A-50-17 Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. A.S.K., T.T., and E.M.C. (079700) In this matter concerning the termination of E.M.C.’s parental rights to his son, did the Division prove the four prongs of the best interest test, N.J.S.A. 30:4C-15.1(a), under the circumstances presented?
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A-49-17 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada v. Wells Fargo Bank NA (080669) Does a life insurance policy that is procured with the intent to benefit persons without an insurable interest in the life of the insured violate the public policy of New Jersey, and if so, is that policy void ab initio; and if such a policy is void ab initio, is a later purchaser of the policy, who was not involved in the illegal conduct, entitled to a refund of any premium payments that they made on the policy?
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A-48-17 State v. Shaquan Hyppolite (080302) In this criminal justice reform matter, did the State withhold exculpatory evidence from defendant at the time of the detention hearing, and, if so, what is the appropriate remedy under the circumstances where defendant since has been indicted? [Note: This appeal has been accelerated by order of the Court dated 3/8/18, and no supplemental briefing is scheduled. Any motion for leave to appear amicus curiae shall be served and filed with the proposed amicus brief on or before 4/11/18, and any answer by the State or defendant shall be served and filed with the proposed brief in response on or before 5/11/18. No further submissions shall be accepted unless requested by the Court.]
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A-47-17 Maria Pulice v. Greenbrook Sports & Fitness, LLC, et. al. (079923) Did the trial court properly dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint seeking damages for injuries suffered at defendant’s health club based on the waiver signed by Maria Pulice?
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A-46-17 Evangelos Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman and Stahl, P.C. (080357) Did the entire controversy doctrine require that plaintiffs pursue their malpractice action as a defense or counterclaim in defendants’ prior action against plaintiffs for the collection of attorneys’ fees?
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