Alan Zakin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge orders Rockaway mayoral candidate to be put on the ballot, but denies him organization line

April 22, 2022 1:20 pm

A Superior Court judge ordered Rockaway Township mayoral candidate Tucker Kelley to be included on the June 7 Republican primary ballot but refused to allow him to use the Morris GOP organization slogan just because he filed his petition first....

GOP leaders who fought Morris GOP line won’t have to pay legal fees from challenge, judge says

August 19, 2021 8:41 am

A Superior Court Judge has vacated an order requiring two party leaders to pay the legal fees in a court case earlier this year where they challenged the creation of a new Republican organization line in Morris County. In February,...

Judge dismisses Rockaway councilman’s claim that opponent was improperly placed on GOP line

May 21, 2021 5:09 pm

Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz today dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Rockaway councilman who alleged that the Morris Republican organization violated its own bylaws by awarding the organization line to his primary opponent. The GOP incumbent, Tucker Kelley, claimed...

Rockaway councilman’s suit claims opponents improperly awarded Republican line

May 18, 2021 3:04 pmMay 18, 2021 9:46 pm

Morris County Republicans’ growing pains over the county line aren’t finished quite yet. A new suit filed by Rockaway Township Ward 6 Councilman Tucker Kelley charges the organization awarded other local candidates a spot on the party line in violation...

Judge says candidate can’t be thrown off ballot for not providing email address

April 22, 2021 4:14 pmApril 22, 2021 4:16 pm

A municipal clerk can’t toss a candidate off the ballot just because he didn’t include his email address on his nominating petition, Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz ruled on Thursday. That puts Solomon Sostre on the June Democratic primary ballot...

Former Morris freeholders offer to drop suit if county GOP meets demands

January 21, 2021 4:39 pm

Two former Morris County GOP freeholders opposing the party’s bid to adopt a party line offered to drop their lawsuit against the Republican County Committee in exchange for seven demands Wednesday. David Scapicchio and John Sette, who chaired the county...

Judge rules for Mastrangelo in discovery motion to identify mystery consultant

July 30, 2019 5:59 pm

Morris County Freeholder Thomas Mastrangelo scored another win today – his second in two months – when Superior Court Judge William McGovern ordered pre-litigation discovery in a lawsuit seeking to identify a mystery political consultant. Alan Zakin, an attorney for...