Current Configuration
Under the current (1947 and amended) constitution, the highest court in the state is the Supreme Court. It does not have original jurisdiction, hearing appeals, regulating the state's court system, and regulating the legal profession within the state.
Normally, an appeal from one of the trial divisions of the New Jersey Superior Court goes to the Appellate Division of that Court. Thereafter, it may be brought before the Supreme Court if it meets one or more of the following four requirements or if a law provides that the case may go to the Court: If the case involves a question of constitutionality, if an Appellate Division judge dissented in its ruling, if the case involves the use of capital punishment (now abolished in New Jersey), if the Supreme Court granted certification, or if the case involves the drawing of political boundaries (see below).
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