United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1997

97 opinions

PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP OF NEW JERSEY, INC., and Friends of the Earth, Plaintiffs, v. HERCULES, INC., Defendant. PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP OF NEW JERSEY, INC., and Friends of the Earth, Plaintiffs, v. HERCULES, INC., Defendant 1997-01-02
Alexis ZAROW-SMITH, Widow of Craig D. Smith and Executrix of the Estate of Craig D. Smith, Plaintiff, v. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT RAIL OPERATIONS, INC., Defendant 1997-01-24
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Helen KRAMER, et al., Defendants; STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Plaintiffs, v. ALMO ANTI-POLLUTION SERVICES CORP., et al., Defendants 1997-01-29
TEAMSTERS-EMPLOYER LOCAL NO. 945 PENSION FUND; Local 945 I.B. of T. Welfare Fund and Local 945 International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Petitioners, v. ACME SANITATION CORP., Defendant 1997-02-24
EOI CORP., Plaintiff, v. MEDICAL MARKETING LTD., et al., Defendants 1997-02-27
Brenda POKOL, Plaintiff, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO., INC., et al., Defendants 1997-03-20
Frank DeJOY, Plaintiff, v. COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., Suburban Cablevision, Comcast Cable of New Jersey, Thomas Baxter, individually and his official capacity, and Michael Doyle, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants 1997-03-21
In re Stephen H. ROSEN, Debtor 1997-03-24
NUBENCO ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff, v. INVERSIONES BARBERENA, S.A., Tecnologia Medica Internacional, S.A. and Alonso Lacayo B., Defendants 1997-03-25
PRINCETON BIOCHEMICALS, INC., Plaintiff, v. BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS, INC., Defendant 1997-03-27
Layne B. FOULK and Marjorie E. Foulk, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, v. DONJON MARINE COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. BREAKWATERS INTERNATIONAL INC., Third-Party Defendant 1997-04-09
Climaco ARROYO-ANGULO, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent 1997-04-10
Linda VIERECK, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF GLOUCESTER CITY and John Holman, City Administrator, Defendants 1997-04-11
Robert LENTZ and Mary Lentz, Plaintiffs, v. Carl MASON, Helen Robinson, Cathie Galanti, Fox & Lazo, Inc., Remcor, Inc., Mario J. Caparelli, Wilbur Ganary, ABC Corp. I-X, John Does I-X, Defendants 1997-04-14
Edward RICHMAN, Plaintiff, v. USAIR INC., Defendant 1997-04-15
MERCKLE GmbH, Plaintiff, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al., Defendants 1997-04-15
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Leonard PELULLO, Defendant 1997-04-17
Charles G. ERIT, Plaintiff, v. JUDGE, INC., et al., Defendants 1997-04-18
UNITED STATES of America v. Patrick GAWRYSIAK and Edmund Danzig, Defendants 1997-04-22
Francis W. HOEBER, Acting Regional Director of the Fourth Region of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on behalf of the National Labor Relations Board v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 1997-04-23
Maria NIEVES, Plaintiff v. INDIVIDUALIZED SHIRTS, et al., Defendants 1997-04-28
Albert DAURIZIO, Plaintiff, v. PALISADES PARK, et al., Defendants 1997-04-29
Albert DAURIZIO, Plaintiff, v. PALISADES PARK, et al., Defendants 1997-04-29
Joan MAERTIN, Executrix of the Estate of Lothar Maertin, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant 1997-04-29
TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MIRAGE RESORTS INC., et al., Defendants 1997-05-01
Joseph Anthony CAPONE, as Administrator of the Estate of Jennifer Ann Oelkers, deceased, a/k/a Jennifer Ann Capone, Plaintiff, v. Saroja NADIG, M.D., Defendant 1997-05-02
Georgiana WOOD, Executrix of the Estate of Roland A. Wilhelmy and Individually, et al., Plaintiffs, v. USA, Defendant 1997-05-05
Kim D. FIORIGLIO, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY, James Whelan, Paul Gallagher, Benjamin Brenner, Terrence Mooney, Dennis Brooks, Atlantic City Firefighters Local 198, and Joseph Rush, Defendants 1997-05-06
Derek E. DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. RUTGERS CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., Defendant 1997-05-06
Christopher D. JOHNSON and John M. Dinan, in their capacity as Official Liquidators of an unnamed offshore financial institution, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent 1997-05-07
MARILYN MANSON, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. NEW JERSEY SPORTS & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, Defendant 1997-05-07
George VOILAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., et al., Defendants 1997-05-09
Layne B. FOULK and Marjorie E. Foulk, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, v. DONJON MARINE COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. BREAKWATERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Third-Party Defendant 1997-05-12
SHORE SLURRY SEAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. CMI CORPORATION, Defendant 1997-05-12
F. Lynn GALBRAITH, Ed. D., Plaintiff, v. LENAPE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants 1997-05-16
Antonio BRANDO, Plaintiff, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant 1997-05-23
Frank BRUNO, Plaintiff, v. HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants 1997-05-27
Shirley EHRICH; Florence Kessel, as executrix and administrator for the estate of Jerold Kessel; Shiela Lederman; and Gerald T. Lederman, Plaintiffs, v. B.A.T. INDUSTRIES P.L.C.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; BATUS Inc.; BATUS Holdings, Inc.; Council For Tobacco Research-USA, Inc, as successor to Tobacco Industry Research Committee; Tobacco Institute, Inc.; R J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; RJR Nabisco, Inc.; Shook & Hardy, P.A.; American Brands, Inc.; Philip Morris Companies, Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc. Lorillard Corp.; and Jacob, Medinger, Finnegan and Hart, Defendants 1997-05-28
POLAR INTERNATIONAL BROKERAGE CORP. and Monarch Properties, Inc., Appellant/Plaintiff, v. INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent/Defendant/Third Party Plaintiff, v. TRANS ELITE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Mid-Atlantic Facilities, Inc. and Jerry Silver, Third Party Defendants 1997-05-29
Marshall BULLOCK, Sr., Plaintiff, v. Marvin RUNYON, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Defendant 1997-06-02
Dawn-Marie HAWKINS and James E. Hawkins, Plaintiffs, v. LESLIES POOLMART, Defendant 1997-06-06
Kenneth POLLOCK, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF OCEAN CITY, Ocean City Police Department, Public Safety Director Dominic Longo, Business Administrator Richard Deaney, Mayor Henry Knight, Personnel Director Charles Zimmerman, and John Doe City Council members one through ten, Defendants 1997-06-13
Wallace INGALLS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James FLORIO, et al., Defendants 1997-06-13
WEST AFRICA TRADING & SHIPPING CO. et al., Plaintiffs, v. LONDON INTERNATIONAL GROUP, et al., Defendants 1997-06-14
Javier MORALES, Plaintiff, v. Maurice BUSBEE, Bruce Gilbert, and James W. Graham, Defendants 1997-06-20
Lawrence SPRITZER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant 1997-06-23
William CARUSO and Advocates for Disabled Americans, Plaintiffs, v. BLOCKBUSTER-SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, et al., Defendants 1997-06-25
Owen GREEN, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PATERSON, Detective Timothy Jordan, Detective Ador Flores, Detective Gloria McMillan, individually and as a police officer for the City of Paterson, John Does 1-10 unknown police officers for City of Paterson, Defendants 1997-06-26
Julia C. POVEROMO-SPRING, Joseph J. Spring, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. EXXON CORPORATION, John B. Sekel, M.D., Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Defendants 1997-06-26
ALAN A., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter VERNIERO, et al., Defendants 1997-06-27
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, By and Through ASSOCIATED AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, Plaintiff, v. PUREX INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant; PUREX INDUSTRIES, INC., Counter-Claimant, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY By and Through ASSOCIATED AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, Houston Fire & Casualty Insurance, by and through Geico General Insurance Co., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Counter-defendants 1997-06-27
CROSSROADS COGENERATION CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. ORANGE AND ROCKLAND UTILITIES, INC., Defendant 1997-06-30
Robert KRAUSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHERRY HILL FIRE DISTRICT 13, Defendant 1997-06-30
Margaret Kelly MICHAELS, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, Attorney Generals Office, County of Essex, Essex County Prosecutors Office, George L. Schneider, Esq., Herbert Tate, Esq., John Mastroangelo, John Noonan, Glenn Goldberg, Esq., Sarah Spencer-McArdle, Eileen C. Treacy, M.A., Essex County Police Department, Newark Police Department, Division of Youth and Family Services, Louis Fonnelaras, Susan Esquillan, [ ], Defendants 1997-06-30
Frederick BURKE, Plaintiff, v. Ike QUARTEY, Ringcraft Promotions & Management Syndicate, and Michel Acaries, Defendants 1997-07-07
Jihad BEYDOUN v. UNITED STATES of America 1997-07-08
Upinder SAWHNEY d/b/a Chestnut Mobil, Plaintiff, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION and Ross Fogg Fuel Corporation, Defendants 1997-07-10
John SCHONEWOLF, Plaintiff, v. John CALLAHAN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant 1997-07-11
Jorge SUAREZ, Plaintiff, v. CAMDEN COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS, Warden William C. Strang, Jr., Steven M. Petrillo, Captain M. Wright, Dr. William Young, Camden County Department of Corrections, John Does 1-6, Jane Does 1-5 and Richard Roes 1-5, Defendants 1997-07-11
William KENNEDY and Phyllis Kennedy, Plaintiffs, v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Aetna Insurance Company, Abrams Insurance Agency, National Associates, Michael McLaughlin, and John Doe(s) I-III, j/s/a, Defendants 1997-07-15
Gregory A. GALBO, Plaintiff, v. Lori TIRRI, et al., Defendant 1997-07-15
UNITED STATES of America, v. Leonard PELULLO, Defendant 1997-07-16
Donald BURNS, Petitioner, v. Willis E. MORTON, Superintendent, and Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, Respondents 1997-07-18
The PITTSTON COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. SEDGWICK JAMES OF NEW YORK, INC., Defendant 1997-07-22
John F. VAN de ZILVER, Jr., Plaintiff, v. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants 1997-08-01
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Joan BRANELLA and Frank Branella, Defendants 1997-08-07
Albert GITTLEMAN, Plaintiff, v. WOODHAVEN CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. and Maintenance Management, Inc., Defendants 1997-08-12
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH, INC., Plaintiff, v. SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION and Schering Corporation, Defendants 1997-10-06
Lori EDWARDS, Plaintiff, v. SCHLUMBERGER-WELL SERVICES, a (DIVISION OF SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY, INC.), Defendant 1997-10-28
UNITED STATES ex rel., CHERRY HILL CONVALESCENT CENTER, INC., A New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiff, v. HEALTHCARE REHAB SYSTEMS, INC., A Pennsylvania Corporation, et al., Defendant 1997-11-10
Calvin MORRIS, Plaintiff, v. PAUL REVERE INSURANCE GROUP, Defendant 1997-11-12
Leslie J. BAUCHELLE, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. AT & T Corp., Defendant 1997-11-17
THE ARC OF NEW JERSEY, INC., a New Jersey non-profit corporation; Mental Health Association in New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey non-profit corporation; Camden County Unit of the New Jersey Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc., a New Jersey non-profit corporation; J.F., G.F., and R.W., three incompetent adults, by their guardian, the Bureau of Guardianship Services of the New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities (David Hearn, Guardianship Worker); and the Mental Health Association in Southwestern New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. TOWNSHIP OF VOORHEES, a Municipal Corporation of the State of New Jersey; Township Committee of the Township of Voorhees; and the State of New Jersey, Defendants 1997-11-19
SECURACOMM CONSULTING, INC., Plaintiff, v. SECURACOM INCORPORATED, Kuwam Corporation and Wirt D. Walker, III, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Ronald S. LIBENGOOD, Third-Party Defendant 1997-11-21
D.B., individually and as Guardian ad litem of R.H., Plaintiff, v. OCEAN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant 1997-11-21
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Richard RABIN, Defendant 1997-11-24
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 1993 BENTLEY COUPE, et al., Defendants 1997-11-26
LITHUANIAN COMMERCE CORPORATION LTD., Plaintiff, v. SARA LEE HOSIERY, Sara Lee Hosiery International, Sara Lee International and Sara Lee Corporation, Defendants; SARA LEE HOSIERY, Sara Lee Hosiery International and Sara Lee Corporation, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. LITHUANIAN COMMERCE CORPORATION LTD., Counterclaim Defendant, Algis Vasys and Laima Zajanckauskiene, Third-Party Defendants 1997-11-26
In re The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA SALES PRACTICES LITIGATION 1997-12-01
Katherine E. LESLIE, as Administratrix and Administratrix ad Prosequendum of the Estate of Robert S. Leslie, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Christopher Green, Olin Corporation and the Sports Authority, Defendants 1997-12-03
Olga LUNA, Plaintiff v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant 1997-12-04
Augustus CONDUS, Christopher C. Harding, John D. Connor, Abram Schmier, Howard Phillips and David Oltchick, Plaintiffs, v. HOWARD SAVINGS BANK and The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for Howard Savings Bank, Defendants; Leo A. GUTMAN and Georgia Gutman, as Joint Tenants, Plaintiffs, v. HOWARD SAVINGS BANK and The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver for Howard Savings Bank, Defendants 1997-12-04
LITHUANIAN COMMERCE CORPORATION, LTD., Plaintiff, v. SARA LEE HOSIERY, Sara Lee Hosiery International, Sara Lee International and Sara Lee Corporation, Defendants; SARA LEE HOSIERY, Sara Lee Hosiery International and Sara Lee Corporation, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. LITHUANIAN COMMERCE CORPORATION LTD., Counterclaim Defendant, Algis Vasys and Laima Zajanckauskiene, Third-Party Defendants 1997-12-04
Warren K. SMITH, Plaintiff, v. AMES DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., Zayre New England Corp., Zayre Central Corp. and Ames Stores, Defendants 1997-12-09
Alfred STEPHENSON, Theresa Virili, Catherine McCormick, Wilfredo Alvarado, and Alvarado, Inc. t/a Freddies Groceries, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION, and Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc., Defendants 1997-12-11
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jerome LIGHTMAN, et al., Defendants 1997-12-12
Claire M. MICHAELS, Plaintiff, v. Mark WOODLAND, M.D., Fertility & Gynecology Associates, P.C., Pennsylvania Hospital, John Does 1-5, and ABC Corp. 1-3, Defendants 1997-12-12
UNITED STATES of America v. Maria de la Luz ANGEL-MARTINEZ 1997-12-15
ATLANTIC COAST DEMOLITION AND RECYCLING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF ATLANTIC COUNTY, et al., Defendants 1997-12-18
Michael BOODY, Plaintiff, v. TOWNSHIP OF CHERRY HILL, Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Cherry Hill Township Police Department, William Moffett, George Stein, Lt., Edward Borden, Josh Ottenberg, Office of the Camden County Prosecutor, John Does 1-15 (names being fictitious and unknown), jointly, severally, and individually, Defendants 1997-12-18
Richard PAGANO, Plaintiff, v. BELL ATLANTIC-NEW JERSEY, INC. and Local 827, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO, Defendants 1997-12-19
PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Players Lake Charles, LLC, Players Star Partnership, Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc., National Association of Broadcasters, Texas Association of Broadcasters, New Jersey Broadcasters Association, Mississippi Association of Broadcasters, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, Missouri Broadcasters Association, West Virginia Broadcasters Association, Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, Inc., New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, Inc., Illinois Broadcasters Association, H & D Broadcasting Limited Partnership, Raritan Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America and Federal Communications Commission, Defendants 1997-12-19
Edna VANDERHOOF v. LIFE EXTENSION INSTITUTE, d/b/a Executive Health Group, a Life Extension Institute Company, and Executive Health Medical Group of New Jersey, P.C., and Executive Health Medical Group of New York, as successor in interest to Life Extension Health Examiners, P.C. 1997-12-19
PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Plaintiff, v. ARCADIAN CORPORATION, Hydro Agri North America, Inc., Dyno Nobel Inc. f/k/a Ireco Incorporated, et al., Defendants 1997-12-19
C.H. as guardian ad litem of Z.H., a minor, and C.H. individually, Plaintiffs, v. Grace OLIVA, Gail Pratt, Patrick Johnson, Medford Township Board of Education, Leo F. Klagholtz, Commissioner of Education, the State of New Jersey Department of Education, Defendants 1997-12-30
PROLERIZED SCHIABO NEU COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY and Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London Market and London Insurance Companies, Defendants 1997-12-31
Robert J. ALBANESE, William A. Byrnes, John Davis, Guy Garner, Richard Turre, and Raymond A. Noll, Plaintiffs, v. BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, and Bergen County Sheriffs Department, Defendants 1997-12-31