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The New Jersey Supreme Court is the state’s highest appellate court. Supreme Court decisions and oral arguments help lay the foundation for interpreting and applying state laws. The chief justice and six associate justices compose the Supreme Court. They are responsible for reviewing cases from the lower courts.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging the validity of state laws under the state constitution. It has the sole authority to prescribe and amend ...
Justice Anne M. Patterson was nominated as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court by Gov, Chris Christie and was sworn in on Sept. 1, 2011. She was nominated for tenure by Gov. Phil Murphy and was sworn in on July 31, 2018. Justice Patterson was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1959. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a ...
View the Supreme Court oral argument schedule for the 2024-2025 Court Year. View the Supreme Court room seating diagram. The NJ Judiciary will provide reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to access and participate in court events. Interpreting services also will be provided if requested.
Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1776–), the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas (1704–1947), or the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (1844–1947).
The New Jersey Supreme Court consists of seven justices. While it was originally founded in 1776 during the American Revolution, it did not take a clear form until the New Jersey Constitution of 1844. In contrast to many other state supreme courts, it does not hold original jurisdiction over any legal matters. The Court may review an appeal ...
After a year of the New Jersey Supreme Court issuing exclusively unanimous opinions, the court has broken its streak with a pair of dissents issued in two criminal cases. In a year that brought ...
Supreme Court of New Jersey cases. FindLaw's database of Supreme Court of New Jersey features decisions since January 1997. You can browse decisions by date and search by docket number, case title, and full text. Party name. Keyword. Docket number. Party name. Start Date.
The Judiciary of New Jersey comprises the New Jersey Supreme Court as the state supreme court and many lower courts.. New Jersey's judiciary is unusual in that it still separates cases at law from those in equity, like its neighbor Delaware but unlike most other U.S. states; however, unlike Delaware, the courts of law and equity are formally "divisions" of a single unified lower court of ...
Judges. Colleen Murphy. In a short hearing Thursday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of New Jersey Supreme Court nominee John Jay Hoffman. In a hearing ...