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Judge moves Mendham election challenge trial to February

January 17, 2023 3:48 pmJanuary 17, 2023 4:58 pm

A trial set to begin on Wednesday challenging the results of a township committee election in Mendham has been pushed back to February 7 after an attorney representing Democrat Lauren Spirig – the winner by just three votes — was...

Superior Court judge cited for improperly retaining estate administratorship

January 17, 2023 3:39 pmJanuary 17, 2023 4:11 pm

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC) filed a complaint today against Superior Court Judge Mary Thurber, a Bergen County-based judge who allegedly remained the administrator of an estate even after she joined the Superior Court. According to the complaint,...

Murphy has ‘no news to make’ on remaining Supreme Court vacancy

January 13, 2023 2:17 pm

When now-New Jersey Supreme Court Justices Rachel Wainer Apter and Douglas Fasciale were confirmed by the New Jersey Senate last fall, it was an important day for the state’s highest court, which finally had a near-full complement of permanent members...

Judge orders hand recount of Trenton council race decided by one vote

January 11, 2023 4:51 pmJanuary 12, 2023 1:15 pm

Trenton City Councilwoman Jennifer Williams has been in office for nearly two weeks, but a Superior Court judge today ordered a hand recount of the election that put her there, potentially causing further turmoil in an already-chaotic election cycle for...

Ford retiring after 30 years as a Superior Court judge; Hodgson gets top post in Ocean

January 10, 2023 2:24 pmJanuary 10, 2023 2:24 pm

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has named Francis R. Hodgson, Jr. as the new Ocean County assignment judge, replacing Marlene Lynch Ford. Ford, a former Democratic assemblywoman, is retiring from the bench a little more that one year before she reaches...

N.J. can’t enforce parts of new concealed carry law, federal judge says

January 9, 2023 3:39 pmJanuary 9, 2023 3:49 pm

A federal judge has temporarily blocked New Jersey from enforcing certain provisions of a sweeping concealed-carry law, less than a month after the law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in the first place. United States District Court Judge Renée...

Supreme Court rejects cop killer’s compassionate release bid

January 9, 2023 2:13 pmJanuary 9, 2023 7:15 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court today denied an application for compassionate release by Eddie L. Oliver, who shot and killed an undercover Newark police detective prepared to testify against his brother and cousin in a drug case inside the Essex...