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Town of Kearny, New Jersey v. New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority

Paid petition · Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, No. A-5152-15T1 · judgment November 20, 2017

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution permits a state entity to use its powers of eminent domain to impair a pre-existing contract in light of this Court’s holdings in United States Tr. Co. of N.Y. v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1 (1977)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James P. Bruno
Castano Quigley LLC

For respondent
James Stewart
Lowenstein Sandler PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 25 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Jul 06 2018
    Brief of respondent New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in opposition filed.
  4. Jun 06 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 9, 2018)