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New Jersey Supreme Court (previously the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals) [1] New Jersey Superior Court (including the Appellate Division; 15 vicinages) [2] New Jersey Tax Court [3] New Jersey Municipal Courts (including Joint Municipal Courts and the Court of the Palisades Interstate Park) [4] Federal courts located in New Jersey ...
The Municipal Courts in New Jersey are considered courts of limited jurisdiction, responsible for handling motor vehicle and parking tickets, minor criminal offenses and violations (for example, simple assault and bad checks), municipal ordinance offenses (such as dog barking or building code violations), and other offenses, such as fish and ...
New Jersey handles traffic matters in the Municipal Court System, with the most serious cases heard in Superior Court. In Virginia, traffic court is general district court and speeding as low as 86 mph in a 70 is misdemeanor reckless driving. [5] In Washington, D.C., traffic tickets are handled by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The Superior Court is the state court in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with statewide trial and appellate jurisdiction.The New Jersey Constitution of 1947 establishes the power of the New Jersey courts: under Article Six of the State Constitution, "judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, and other courts of limited jurisdiction."
There are 21 counties in the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced the New Jersey County Courts, which were abolished in 1978. [1] The Superior Court has 15 vicinages (jurisdictional districts or circuits), some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses.
Ocean Grove was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 5, 1920, from portions of Neptune Township, but the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals ruled the municipality unconstitutional on May 12, 1921, and the borough was dissolved as of June 16, 1921. [30]
Mary Ellen Talbott (1963): [47] First female judge in Camden County, New Jersey (1973) Judith S. Charny (c. 1984): [48] First female municipal judge in Cherry Hill, New Jersey (Camden County, New Jersey; 2014) Kimberly Mutcherson: [49] First African American and openly LGBT female to serve as the Dean for Rutgers Law School (2015)
The Union County Courthouse is the county courthouse for Union County, New Jersey located in the county seat of Elizabeth. [7] The 17 story, 238 ft (73 m) tall Neoclassical building, completed in 1931, is the tallest in the city. [1] [8] It is a contributing property to the Mid-Town Historic District. [6]