New Jersey's municipal courts—the state's busiest court system—have begun remote proceedings by video or phone this week, a judiciary notice announced Monday.

During a normal session, most New Jersey municipal courts are bustling places. Judges whirl through cases at something approaching auctioneer speed. Between 6 million and 7 million low-level cases ...

N.J. court tosses lawsuit by court administrator who accused judge of assault, saying she's not a state employee ...

For nearly a half-century, the judiciary has known about the dangers of local politics -- and revenue -- becoming entwined in its local courts.

The New Jersey judiciary revises its standard plea form in criminal cases to ensure that aliens charged with committing certain aggravated felonies will be deported if they plead guilty.

Star-Ledger file photoJoseph Cardwell, former member of the Municipal Utilities Authority board, leaving federal court in Newark.A Jersey City political consultant who pleaded guilty this week to ...

Princeton Municipal Court Judge John McCarthy III ’69 declined to accept a plea deal on Tuesday for six of the 13 University affiliates arrested for briefly occupying Clio Hall in April. The six ...

New Jersey municipal courts will reopen for remote proceedings on Monday, the state Supreme Court announced, ending a month-long suspension imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, the State will recommend that the court sentence the defendant to three years of probation and impose a fine of $15,000 when he appears before by Judge Lisa ...

New Jersey municipal courts will begin a two-week suspension starting Monday due to fears of coronavirus spread, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced Saturday.