Jeter v. Sam's Club - “mode of operation” does not apply where the grapes are in closed containers versus open top bags; trail court not to handle motions in limine as dispositive motionsRivera v. Union County Prosecutor's Office - Common law right to demand Internal Affairs investigation report - redacted for confidentiality even when prohibited under OPRAState v. Anthony Sims, Jr. - Miranda process must include clear statement about charges - no need for police to predict other future charg...

Moynihan v. Lynch - The Biggest Palimony case in Decades. The NJ Supreme Court voids an element of the Statute of Frauds that required BOTH parties to have independent counsel to create an enforceable palimony alimony.Congressional Redistricting - The Court reminds us that Redistricting is partisan politics and unless the map is “discriminatory” - new CD districts will be established.Graphnet v. Retarus - Corporation defamation, nominal damages, remittitur and MJC revisions.Libertarians for T...

State v. Radel & State v. Terres - standards for the protective sweep “inside” after an “outside” arrest; reasonable articulable suspicionState v. Nyema and State v. Myers - reasonable articulable suspicion for auto stop - explored in depth - where the police “got it right” on a hunchState v. Samuel Ryan - Three Strikes Law upheld- even when original offense(s) were committed prior to age 18State v. Laura Gonzalez - ambiguous request for counsel, hearsayClick Here to give The BOLD SIDEBAR...

Justice Jaynee Lavecchia retired forever effective December 31, 2021. Senior App Div Judge Jose Fuentes is temporarily assigned to the NJ Supreme Court by Chief Justice Rabner. Then Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina retires because "constitutional senility"* or widely known as turning 70. Nominee Rachel Wainer Apter continues her long wait for a political deal to be done in Trenton.Plus (4) New Civil CasesMeade v. Township of Livingston - LAD case permits claim in the case of discriminato...

NJ's premiere Appellate law blogger Bruce Greenberg is our guest- click here to check out Bruce's blog -NJ Appellate Blog 2021 Wrap-up - (3) important policy casesWinberry v. Rutherford - government immunity limitedRios v. Meda Pharma - (2) racial slurs enough to proceed on LAD claimIn re Attorney General Directives - public disclosure of “major” police discipline2022 Preview - these cases are on the NJ Supreme Court docket to be decided in 2022Schwartz v. Menas - “new business rul...

State v. Carrion and State v. HedegespethNJ Gun registry and EvidenceState v. Cynthia Garcia - youth as “mitigating” factor onlyState v. Gerena - lay opinion testimony regarding “age”State v. Comer and State v. Zarate - juvenile “life” sentences reformed and to be reviewed after 20 years of incarcerationPlease consider giving the BOLD SIDEBAR a nice 5-star Rating.Check out our sound engineer Nick Bates at: Bandcamp -https://nick-bates.bandcamp.com and Twitter -https://twitter.com/nickbatesmusic

Meg McCormick Hoerner - rejoins the podcast and takes a deep dive into the 2021 NJ Supreme Court cases that made law and headlines and previews important cases on teh docket for 2022.Check out Meg's excellent podcast and her website https://njcriminalpodcast.com/https://www.hoernerlaw.com/

Alex Shalom the prolific NJ Supreme Court litigator and Director of Supreme Court Advocacy at the ACLU-NJ rejoins the podcast to wrap-up a couple of interesting cases decided by the NJ Supreme Court in 2021 and to preview the important cases coming up in 2022.https://www.aclu-nj.org/about/leadership/alexander-shalom#:~:text=Alexander%20Shalom%20is%20Senior%20Supervising,disproportionately%20impact%20people%20of%20color.

COVID COURT ALERT!The NJ Supreme Court and AOC issued an order to continue handling most routine court matters virtually. Here is the Order - https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2021/n211118a.pdf?c=BMD(1) Case - G.C. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services - counting income in qualifying for Medicaid - regulation invalidated https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_35_36_37_20.pdf?c=GZZ

What Makes a Court Supreme by Associate Justice of the NJ Supreme Court Daniel J. O'Hern is a short book chock full of serious analysis and charming tales of the Wilentz Court - lead by NJ Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilentz In this Part 1 - we share Justice O'Hern's view of the Court particularly through its leader Chief Justice Wilentz. We will sprinkle in shows that address all of the Justices featured in...