"The underlying unpredictability introduces a level of arbitrariness into our judicial system," said Sarah Ricks, a professor of law at Rutgers Law School-Camden who writes about appellate courts. "That should offend us."
November 29, 2022 at 05:14 AM
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The original version of this story was published on New Jersey Law Journal
Published Appellate Division rulings are a rare commodity in New Jersey, and some practitioners say their scarcity underscores the need for a change in the judiciary’s rules on precedential and non-precedential appellate opinions.
Over the past decade, about 95% of the state Appellate Division’s decisions have been unpublished and 5% published, with minimal variation from year to year, according to data from the state judiciary.
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