The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division is the intermediate appellate court within New Jersey's judicial system, with appellate review authority over final judgments of the trial divisions and the Tax Court, as well as final decisions and actions of state administrative agencies. It has 35 judges organized into eight divisions of four or five judges each, deciding cases in three-judge panels, and handles roughly 7,000 appeals and 7,500 motions a year, with judges' chambers spread across nine New Jersey cities and dedicated courtrooms for oral argument in Trenton, Morristown and Hackensack; the Supreme Court of New Jersey sits above it as the state's court of last resort. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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"The Appellate Division of New Jersey's Superior Court is the first level appellate court, with appellate review authority over final judgments of the trial divisions and the Tax Court and over final decisions and actions of State administrative agencies." Above the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division is the Supreme Court of New Jersey which "sits alone atop the State judiciary, entertaining appeals from the Appellate Division and, on rare occasions, directly by order of the Court from other cases within the judicial and administrative system."
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Div) is the intermediate appellate court in New Jersey. "The Appellate Division of New Jersey's Superior Court is the first level appellate court, with appellate review authority over final judgments of the trial divisions and the Tax Court and over final decisions and actions of State administrative agencies." Above the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division is the Supreme Court of New Jersey which "sits alone atop the State judiciary, entertaining appeals from the Appellate Division and, on rare occasions, directly by order of the Court from other cases within the judicial and adminis
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common law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law
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