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The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 12, 2025
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is trying to seize the property of two businesses. New Jersey law limits the use of eminent domain to clear public uses, not for economic redevelopment that benefits private developers. Now, these business owners are suing the city.
EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 16, 2025
Yesterday, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, issued a really interesting, and possibly first-of-its-kind, opinion on coercive interrogation techniques by police when they question a suspect. No, the opinion did not prohibit such techniques, but it did find.
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The Volokh Conspiracy
JULY 1, 2025
Earlier this month, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy rejected a lawsuit filed by Local Leaders for Responsible Planning (LLRP)—a coalition of 29 New Jersey townships—alleging that the state's affordable housing law violates the General Welfare Clause of the New Jersey Constitution.
JURIST
JUNE 28, 2023
The New Jersey Attorney General and Commissioner of Environmental Protection announced on Wednesday that they reached a settlement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, the US subsidiary of a Belgian company, over the release of so-called “forever chemicals.”
JURIST
APRIL 19, 2023
The US Supreme Court Tuesday held that New Jersey may unilaterally withdraw from the Waterfront Commission Compact, an interstate compact between the two states created to fight crime in the Port of New York and New Jersey. In the case New York v.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy used his public, taxpayer-funded expense account to spend almost $12,000 at events at MetLife Stadium in northern New Jersey, including a Taylor Swift concert, according to records reviewed by POLITICO this week. New Jersey has a reputation for corrupt politics.
JURIST
AUGUST 30, 2023
A federal judge in New Jersey struck down AB 5207 on Tuesday, concluding that New Jersey’s ban on detaining individuals for violating US civil immigration laws is unconstitutional. Here, Kirsch viewed New Jersey’s ban as an effort to overcome an area of law governed by the federal government.
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