Supreme Court of New Jersey
American Trial Lawyers Association, New Jersey Branch, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey and Trial Lawyers Association…
December 17, 197466 N.J. 258
Summary
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the appellate division's decision that the Court possesses exclusive constitutional authority to adopt rules limiting contingent fees for tort litigation and that such rulemaking does not require an evidentiary hearing. The Court relied on the 1947 Constitution's grant of power to the Supreme Court over the practice of law and held that the procedural requirements cited by the plaintiffs were unnecessary.