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DePascale v. New Jersey

Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Pension and Health Care Benefits Act, L. 2011, c. 78, violates Article VI, Section 6, Paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution as applied to state justices and judges holding office at the time of its enactment.

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Brown v. City of Paterson

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A municipality may not obtain the assignment judge's permission to appoint an additional permanent judge and then appoint a temporary judge instead.

In the Matter of Perskie

Thursday, August 4, 2011

The judge's failure to recuse in light of a conflict with a witness violated the Code of Judicial Conduct; there is no clear and convincing evidence that he misled the Senate committee during testimony before it.

In the Matter of Boggia

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Political contributions cannot be made from the business account of a law firm where a part-time municipal judge practices; individual attorneys may make such contributions from their personal accounts.

State v. McCabe

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Part-time municipal court judges must recuse themselves whenever the judge and a lawyer for a party are adversaries in some other open, unresolved matter.

Capogrosso v. Supreme Court of New Jersey

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Plaintiffs' claims against the state judges are barred by judicial immunity; her claims against the ACJC and its employees are barred by the Eleventh Amendment and quasi-judicial immunity.