Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2007

The Court held that New Jersey’s reasonable-and-articulable-suspicion requirement for requesting consent to search a vehicle also applies when the vehicle is disabled on the roadside.

The Court reversed the Appellate Division’s decision to set aside Tammy Herrmann’s termination and reinstated the Merit System Board’s penalty. It held that progressive discipline is not mandatory in every public-employee disciplinary case and that a reviewing court may not substitute its penalty judgment for the…

The Court reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the termination of the father’s parental rights, concluding that clear and convincing evidence supported termination under the statutory best-interests standard.