New Jersey municipalities should be aware of an important U.S. Supreme Court decision addressing the expanded free speech rights of public employees. In Lane v. Franks, a unanimous Court held that the First Amendment protected a public employee when he testified truthfully about fraud in the work place pursuant to
New Jersey municipalities should be aware of a key privacy decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court late last month. The Court held that police officers must obtain a search warrant prior to reviewing a suspect’s cell phone, even if the search is incident to an arrest. In the digital
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear oral arguments in Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, which centers on whether disparate impact claims can be brought under the Fair Housing Act. The parties agreed to settle the suit earlier this month. As previously discussed on this Government
A recent United States Supreme Court decision clarifies a key area of administrative law while also providing telecommunications providers with potential grounds to argue that a municipality is not promptly reviewing development applications for telecommunication facilities. In City of Arlington, Texas v. Federal Communications Commission, No. 11-1545 (May 20, 2013), the
The U.S. Supreme Court recently took a rare foray into state public records access. In McBurney v. Young, the justices unanimously held that public entities are not required to give non-residents access to such records. The Facts of the Case The issue before the Court was whether a state may
