12 New Jersey opinions name it 4 courts 1941–2024 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by New Jersey courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communications, Inc.green2 sentences2021The Court held the "'clear mandate' of public policy need not be enacted in a constitution, statute or rule, but must nonetheless provide a definite standard by which the employer's conduct may be gauged." Id. at 33 . "'"[A] clear mandate" of public policy suggests an analog to a constitutional provision, statute, and rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law such that, under [N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3)], there should be a high degree of public certitude in A-0131-20 22 respect of acceptable vers[u]s unacceptable conduct.'" Id. at 34 (quoting Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communs., Inc., 179 N.J. 2014A “clear mandate” of public policy suggests an analog to a constitutional provision, statute, and rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law such that, under [N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3)], there should be a high degree of public certitude in respect of acceptable vers[u]s unacceptable conduct. [Maw, supra, 179 N.J. at 444 .] As the Court noted in Mehlman, supra, the mandate of public policy must be “‘clearly identified and firmly grounded’” and cannot be “‘vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic.’” 153 N.J. at 181 (quoting MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380, 391-92 (1996)). | 2 | 2 |
MacDougall v. Weichertgreen2 sentences2019"A vague, controversial, unsettled, and otherwise problematic public policy does not constitute a clear mandate." MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380, 392 (1996). 2014A “clear mandate” of public policy suggests an analog to a constitutional provision, statute, and rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law such that, under [N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3)], there should be a high degree of public certitude in respect of acceptable vers[u]s unacceptable conduct. [Maw, supra, 179 N.J. at 444 .] As the Court noted in Mehlman, supra, the mandate of public policy must be “‘clearly identified and firmly grounded’” and cannot be “‘vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic.’” 153 N.J. at 181 (quoting MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380, 391-92 (1996)). | 2 | 2 |
James Hitesman v. Bridgeway, Inc. (072466)green2 sentences2024This mandate "need not be enacted in a constitution, statute[,] or rule, but must nonetheless provide a definite standard by which the employer's conduct may be gauged . . . " Hitesman v. Bridgeway, Inc., 218 N.J. 8, 33 (2014). "[T]he mandate of public policy must be clearly identified and firmly grounded and cannot be vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic." Id. at 34 (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2024This mandate "need not be enacted in a constitution, statute[,] or rule, but must nonetheless provide a definite standard by which the employer's conduct may be gauged . . . " Hitesman v. Bridgeway, Inc., 218 N.J. 8, 33 (2014). "[T]he mandate of public policy must be clearly identified and firmly grounded and cannot be vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic." Id. at 34 (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 3 |
Abbamont v. Piscataway Tp.green1 sentence2019Id. at 33 ; cf. Abbamont, 269 N.J. | 1 | 1 |
Massarano v. New Jersey Transitgreen1 sentence2018Transit, 400 N.J. | 1 | 1 |
Chester Borough v. World Challenge, Inc.green1 sentence2018Since the court agrees with Association that the plain language of N.J.S.A. 54:4-3.6 does not contain a definite requirement for incorporation under Title 16, and the fact that Association is incorporated under Title 15 (now Title 15A) alone is not determinative of whether or not a parsonage exemption is available to plaintiff, it is unnecessary to address the constitutionality argument. 6 See Chester Borough, 14 N.J. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New Jersey. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Matter of Benoit
green
2 sentences2014In rejecting a case-by-case approach, the Maine Court explained that this approach fails to assure the public that “judges are being held to a defined and definable level of conduct,” does not serve to strengthen the internal integrity of the disciplinary process because it lacks a definite standard by which to judge misconduct, and “fails to indicate to judges the particular level of scrutiny that will be applied to their behavior, should it ever be challenged.” Id. at 1163 . 2014In rejecting a case-by-case approach, the Maine Court explained that this approach fails to assure the public that “judges are being held to a defined and definable level of conduct,” does not serve to strengthen the internal integrity of the disciplinary process because it lacks a definite standard by which to judge misconduct, and “fails to indicate to judges the particular level of scrutiny that will be applied to their 27 behavior, should it ever be challenged.” Id. at 1163 . | 2 | 2014–2014 |
Mehlman v. Mobil Oil Corp.
green
2 sentences2014A “clear mandate” of public policy suggests an analog to a constitutional provision, statute, and rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law such that, under [N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3)], there should be a high degree of public certitude in respect of acceptable vers[u]s unacceptable conduct. [Maw, supra, 179 N.J. at 444 .] As the Court noted in Mehlman, supra, the mandate of public policy must be “‘clearly identified and firmly grounded’” and cannot be “‘vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic.’” 153 N.J. at 181 (quoting MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380, 391-92 (1996)). 2014A “clear mandate” of public policy suggests an analog to a constitutional provision, statute, and rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to law such that, under [N.J.S.A. 34:19-3(c)(3)], there should be a high degree of public certitude in respect of acceptable vers[u]s unacceptable conduct. [Maw, supra, 179 N.J. at 444 .] As the Court noted in Mehlman, supra, the mandate of public policy must be “‘clearly identified and firmly grounded’” and cannot be “‘vague, controversial, unsettled [or] otherwise problematic.’” 153 N.J. at 181 (quoting MacDougall v. Weichert, 144 N.J. 380, 391-92 (1996)). | 1 | 2014–2014 |
Sawran v. Lennon
green
1 sentence1968Super. 315 ( App. Div. 1965), Sawran v. Lennon, 19 N.J. 606 (1955). *193 Guilty knowledge or mens rea is a definite requirement of any common law crime. | 1 | 1968–1968 |
State v. Picciotti
green
1 sentence1955See R.R. 1:5-1, State v. Picciotti, 12 N.J. 205 (1953); State v. Kaufman, 31 N.J. | 1 | 1955–1955 |
State v. Kaufman
green
1 sentence1955See R.R. 1:5-1, State v. Picciotti, 12 N.J. 205 (1953); State v. Kaufman, 31 N.J. | 1 | 1955–1955 |
Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. Gentry
green
1 sentence1954It is not possible to lay down an “infallible or all-inclusive” test by which it may be determined whether “a given difference between the subjects of legislation is enough to justify the subjection of one and not the other to a particular form of disadvantage”; the nearest approach to a definite rule is that “while the difference need not be great, the classification must not be arbitrary or capricious, but must bear some just and reasonable relation to the object of the legislation”; a particular classification is not invalidated by the Fourteenth Amendment “merely because inequality actuall | 1 | 1954–1954 |
Newark Twenty-One, C., Assn. v. Zukerberg
neutral
1 sentence1941Sommer v. Workingmen's Building and Loan Association, supra. "* * * Suffice to observe that, in our opinion, the order falls squarely within the scope or ambit of the legislation upon which it is bottomed. | 1 | 1941–1941 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.