Case law

Trustees of Rutgers College v. Morgan

70 N.J.L. 460 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 23, 1904

The language of this paragraph clearly indicates that the intent of its framers was to preserve the school fund for the sole purpose of maintaining free public schools for all children of the state between'the ages of five … There is no constitutional limitation which restrains the state legislature from establishing an agricultural college.

Brautigam v. Dean & Co.

85 N.J.L. 549 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 18, 1914

There was testimony which- tended to establish that Wendell P. … Dean, as has already been stated, was given one share of stock so that he could qualify as a director.

State v. Bridges

131 N.J. 402 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 25, 1993

This bill clearly establishes the degree and severity of every drug offense, taking into account the nature and dangerousness of the specific controlled substance involved, the amount and purity of that substance, and the … County inmates may qualify for a work-release program that would allow them to hold on to their job while serving their sentence. Ibid.

Curtis v. Aaronson

49 N.J.L. 68 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Nov 15, 1886

If a grant by sufficient description clearly ascertains the location of the premises conveyed, it is for the court to see that the grant is applied to the subject matter in accordance with the expressed intention of the parties … In such cases, recitals of fact not made by one in possession as owner and qualifying such possession, not made by an owner against interest, not made by one in the performance under proper authority of some provable act

State v. Board of Township Committee

57 N.J.L. 588 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 15, 1895

But whether this be so or not, this power to contract for a longer period is clearly found in the act of 1894. … The bid of the prosecutor Schef bauer was clearly not in accordance with the advertisement.

Ampro Fisheries, Inc. v. Yaskin

127 N.J. 602 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Jun 4, 1992

In February 1990, Ampro attacked the regulations, arguing that they violated the Commerce, Privileges and Immunities, and Supremacy Clauses of the federal Constitution; were not reasonably related to the public health and … While statutes in the first group violate the Commerce Clause only if the burdens they impose on interstate trade are “clearly excessive in relation to the putative local benefits,” Pike v.

Middletown Township PBA Local 124 v. Township of Middletown

193 N.J. 1 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Dec 3, 2007

Nothing in the statute suggests that the broadening of the class of qualified retirees is inoperative in the absence of an ordinance or resolution. … Thus, on balance, the totality of the past practice evidence adduced clearly favors the joint PBA/SOA position.

Fred Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Board

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Aug 11, 2025

Supreme Court precedent, “simply labeling a law ‘procedural’ . . . does not thereby immunize it from scrutiny under the Ex Post Facto Clause.” … established law, the government may impose clearly established penalties.

Bullowa v. Thermoid Co.

114 N.J.L. 205 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Jan 10, 1935

Thus the holder of the obligation was clearly put upon notice that the indenture itself declares the “nature *208 and extent of the rights” of the noteholders, the obligor and the trustee. … In this inquiry we are guided by well established rules of interpretation.

Riverside General Hospital v. New Jersey Hospital Rate Setting Commission

98 N.J. 458 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 20, 1985

Stated simply, the Amendment establishes a three-step system for the setting of hospital rates. . … At the hearing a representative of Riverside testified that in 1979 Riverside was having trouble attracting qualified workers.

State v. Fortin

189 N.J. 579 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Mar 28, 2007

Our Rules of Evidence clearly announce the conditions precedent to the qualification of an expert: to be qualified, the expert must possess “knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education” in the area of expertise. … In fingerprint analysis, up to one hundred points of comparison between a “known” print and a “questioned” print can be established. United States v. Mitchell, 145 F.3d 572, 575 (3d Cir.1998).

Schaad v. Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass'n of United Methodist Church

72 N.J. 237 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Feb 10, 1977

We believe it clearly does not. … However, section 3 of the same article preserves the individual right of freedom of worship and of immunity from attending or supporting any place of worship or ministry.

Bullock v. State

65 N.J.L. 557 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Jul 9, 1900

It was clearly incompetent. … It is quite possible that in the minds of the jurors the question of identity may have been established.

State v. S.R.

175 N.J. 23 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Dec 12, 2002

Clearly, the phrase means something more than the mere collection of a VCCB penalty from an individual discharged from probation. … all or part of a sentence on intensive community supervision or all or part of a supervised release or parole term on intensive supervised release” are supervised by “a probation officer, a corrections agent, or any other qualified

Lyons v. Township of Wayne

185 N.J. 426 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Dec 28, 2005

Plaintiffs’ allegations, if true, may establish a prima facie claim of continuing nuisance. … He noted that there “clearly is a water problem” on the hillside and, without assigning responsibility, stated that a remedy “would be expensive but ... necessary for the long term solution.”

Robert Smith v. Millville Rescue Squad(074685)

225 N.J. 373 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Jun 21, 2016

terminated; and (4) that the employer thereafter sought similarly qualified individuals for that job.” … Here, Redden’s statements clearly give rise to an inference of discrimination.

Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.

204 N.J. 239 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Dec 2, 2010

In doing so, the court concluded that it would be unreasonable to cloak her choice in the protection because it “would provide employees with near-immunity.” Id. at 722 . C. … The jury could have concluded that this conduct was part of a widespread pattern and that Benante pursued it with the goal of advancing a less qualified man at the expense of a highly qualified woman with nearly a quarter-century

Lige v. Town of Montclair

72 N.J. 5 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Nov 30, 1976

A clear-cut pattern of long continued and egregious racial discrimination has not been established. … M.D. 1972) (set percentages established for admission of minority persons to pre-apprentice and apprentice training programs).

State v. Toliver

180 N.J. 164 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Jun 21, 2004

After we issued our decision in Fortin II, codefendants moved for dismissal of the aggravating factors, and for further relief requiring grand jurors to be death qualified, allowing defense counsel to be involved in that … The purposes of the grand jury are to “determine whether the State has established a prima facie case that a crime has been committed and that the accused has committed it.” State v.

State v. Delshon J. Taylor Jr.

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Aug 6, 2025

Two of these offenses qualify as predicates under the Graves Act -- unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. B. … Leonardis, we simultaneously expressed “the opinion that the scope of such 18 review should be limited” and that a defendant should therefore have to “clearly and convincingly establish