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The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division ruled that the one percent payroll tax implemented in Jersey City is constitutional, but will still head back to court to address if the “commerce clause” was violated.
A photo from the November 20th, 2018 Jersey City Council meeting where the governing body approved a one percent payroll tax.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“We agree with plaintiffs that the purpose of the Ordinance, enabled by Chapter 68, was to supplement the City’s revenue available for school purposes,” Appellate Judges Carmen Messano, Richard Hoffman, and Karen Suter ruled in a 51-page opinion today.
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It looks like Gov. Murphy’s veto threat had an effect, at least in the Assembly, where yet another attempt at marijuana clean-up legislation is moving. And while it hasn’t advanced in the Senate, the path to such an attempt doesn’t look closed off.
Fired N.J. school board attorney, cleared at trial, will get more than $300K in lost wages, interest
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
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Kirk C. Nelson was fired by the school board in December 2013 upon being indicted on six counts, including conspiracy and official misconduct, in connection with a fraud investigation that led to the conviction of the school board’s former president.
Jurors deliberated for less than an hour in June 2016 before clearing Nelson on all charges brought by the state attorney general’s office.
In a 25-page decision published Tuesday, the appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that the school board had no basis to fire Nelson. The three-judge panel affirmed the decision awarding Nelson $260,026 in lost wages and also ordered the board to pay interest, which Nelson’s attorney estimated would be at least $50,000.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
New Jersey’s highest court heard arguments Monday in the appeal of a ruling that the New Jersey Transit Corp.’s (“NJ Transit”) insurers are required to insure $400 million of water damage loss caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The matter stems from an insurance claim NJ Transit made after the super storm rocked the East Coast in 2012. NJ Transit claimed over $400 million in losses as a result of damage to its tracks, bridges, tunnels and power stations. In response, its tower of property insurers took the position that a $100 million flood sublimit applied to limit NJ Transit’s recovery under its insurance tower, not the policy’s $400 million overall limits.NJ Transit filed a coverage action in state court. The trial court granted summary judgment to NJ Transit, holding that NJ Transit was entitled to full coverage of $400 million under the tower’s named windstorm coverage. The insurers appealed, again arguing that the flood sublimit appli