The NJ State Library’s (NJSL) Law Library provides public access to a comprehensive collection of court opinions from various state courts, including the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Tax Court, and Trial Courts.
These resources are invaluable for legal professionals, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding New Jersey’s legal decisions.
New Jersey Judiciary Opinions
Publishes the latest New Jersey Court opinions daily.
- Supreme Court decisions
- Published and unpublished Appellate Opinions
- Tax Court opinions
- Trial Court Opinions
- Business Opinions
New Jersey Courts Opinions Archive (Rutgers)
These cases are made available by an agreement between the New Jersey Administrative Office of Courts and Rutgers University School of Law.
The archive includes:
- Supreme Court 1994-current
- Superior Court Appellate Division Sep 1995-current
- Tax Court Sep 1995-current
New Jersey Case Law Search (Google Scholar)
- New Jersey Supreme Court 1950-current
- Superior Court Appellate Division 1950-current.
See the tutorial by the Library of Congress Finding Case Law Using Google Scholar.
See also Superior Court of New Jersey Jan 1997-current (FindLaw)
Pre-1948 Reporters
Reporters are published compilations of cases tried before New Jersey courts. More information about citing and using reporters can be found in the New Jersey Legal Research Guide (NJ Legal Research HB § 3.11.B.2), which is also available on the public computers in the Law Library (Lexis).
- Authorized NJSL card holders can search reporters in HeinOnline State Reports: A Historical Archive. Here are the state reports for New Jersey. If you want to search across all reporters using specific keywords, enter your search term, then click State Published: New Jersey to view cases where the search keyword is included.
- See also the State Archives database Supreme Court Case Files, 1704-1844.
Below are links to free public domain copies of pre-1948 New Jersey reporters.
New Jersey Law Report (N.J.L.) (1830-1948)
Most newer volumes can be found in print at the NJ State Library.
- 1816, Volume 1, 1 Coxe
- 1824, Volume 2, 1 Pennington
- 1835, Volume 3 (Second Edition), 2 Pennington
- 1875, Volume 4, 1 Southard
- 1875, Volume 5 (Second Edition), 2 Southard
- 1886, Volume 5 (Third Edition), 2 Southard
- 1886, Volume 6 (Third Edition), 1 Halsted
- 1824, Volume 7, 2 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 7 (Third Edition), 2 Halsted
- 1874, Volume 8 (Second Edition), 3 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 8 (Third Edition), 3 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 9 (Third Edition), 4 Halsted
- 1829, Volume 10 (Also via Internet Archive), 5 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 10 (Third Edition), 5 Halsted
- ,Volume 11, 6 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 12 (Third Edition), 7 Halsted
- Volume 13, 1 Green
- Volume 14, 2 Green
- 1876, Volume 15, 3 Green
- 1839, Volume 16, 1 Harrison
- 1877, Volume 17, 2 Harrison
- 1842, Volume 18, 3 Harrison
- 1843, Volume 19, 4 Harrison
- Volume 20, 1 Spencer
- 1850, Volume 21, 1 Zabriskie
- 1851, Volume 22, 2 Zabriskie
- 1853, Volume 23, 3 Zabriskie
- 1856, Volume 24, 4 Zabriskie
- 1877, Volume 24, 4 Zabriskie
- 1878, Volume 25, Dutcher 1
- 1858, Volume 26, Dutcher 2
- 1859, Volume 27, Dutcher 3
- 1878, Volume 28, Dutcher 4
- 1878, Volume 29, Dutcher 5
- 1879, Volume 30 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 1 (Second Edition)
- 1879, Volume 31, Vroom 2
- Volume 32, Vroom 3
- Volume 33, Vroom 4
- Volume 34, Vroom 5
- Volume 35, Vroom 6
- 1883, Volume 36 (Second Edition), Vroom 7
- 1886, Volume 37 (Second Edition), Vroom 8
- 1886, Volume 38 (Second Edition), Vroom 9
- 1877, Volume 39, Vroom 10
- 1879, Volume 40, Vroom 11
- 1880, Volume 41 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 12
- 1881, Volume 42 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 13
- 1882, Volume 43 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 14
- 1883, Volume 44, Vroom 15
- 1884, Volume 45, Vroom 16
- 1885, Volume 46 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 17
- 1886, Volume 47 (also via Internet Archive), Vroom 18
- 1887, Volume 48, Vroom 19
- Volume 49, Vroom 20
- Volume 50, Vroom 21
- Volume 51, Vroom 22
- 1891, Volume 52, Vroom 23
- 1892, Volume 53, Vroom 24
- 1893, Volume 54, Vroom 25
- 1894, Volume 55, Vroom 26
- 1895, Volume 56, Vroom 27
- 1896, Volume 57, Vroom 28
- 1897, Volume 58, Vroom 29
- 1897, Volume 59, Vroom 30
- 1898, Volume 60, Vroom 31
- 1899, Volume 61, Vroom 32
- 1899, Volume 62, Vroom 33
- 1900, Volume 63, Vroom 34
- 1901, Volume 64, Vroom 35
- 1902, Volume 65, Vroom 36
- 1902, Volume 66, Vroom 37
- Volume 67, Vroom 38
- Volume 68, Vroom 39
- 1904, Volume 69, Vroom 40
- 1905, Volume 70, Vroom 41
- 1905, Volume 71, Vroom 42
- Volume 72, Vroom 43
- Volume 73, Vroom 44
- 1908, Volume 74 (Also via Internet Archive), Vroom 45
- 1909, Volume 75, Vroom 46
- 1909, Volume 76, Vroom 47
- Volume 77, Vroom 48
- 1910, Volume 78, Vroom 49
- 1912, Volume 79, Vroom 50
- 1911, Volume 80, Vroom 51
- 1912, Volume 81, Vroom 52
- 1912, Volume 82, Vroom 53
- 1913, Volume 83, Vroom 54
- 1914, Volume 84, Vroom 55
- 1914, Volume 85, Vroom 56
- 1915, Volume 86, Gummere 1
- Volume 87, Gummere 2
- 1916, Volume 88, Gummere 3
- 1917, Volume 89, Gummere 4
- 1917, Volume 90, Gummere 5
- Volume 91, Gummere 6
- 1919, Volume 92, Gummere 7
- 1920, Volume 93, Gummere 8
- 1921, Volume 94, Gummere 9
- Volume 95, Gummere 10
- 1922, Volume 96, Gummere 11
New Jersey Equity Reports (N.J. Eq.) (1830-1948)
Most newer volumes can be found in print at the NJ State Library.
- 1836, Volume 1, 1 Saxton
- 1842, Volume 2 , 1 Green
- 1846, Volume 3 (second copy), 2 Green
- 1846, Volume 4, 3 Green
- 1849, Volume 5, 1 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 5 (Second Edition), 1 Halsted
- 1851, Volume 6, 2 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 6 (Second Edition), 2 Halsted
- 1899, Volume 6 (Second Edition), 2 Halsted
- 1852, Volume 7 , 3 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 7 (Second Edition), 3 Halsted
- 1854, Volume 8, 4 Halsted
- 1886, Volume 8 (Second Edition), 4 Halsted
- 1856, Volume 9, 1 Stockton
- 1898, Volume 9 (Second Edition), 1 Stockton
- 1858, Volume 10 , 2 Stockton
- 1886, Volume 10 (Second Edition), 2 Stockton
- 1860, Volume 11, 3 Stockton
- 1860, Volume 12, 1 Beasley
- 1863, Volume 13 (Second edition and via HathiTrust), 2 Beasley
- 1886, Volume 13 (Second Edition), 2 Beasley
- 1865, Volume 14, 1 McCarter
- 1898, Volume 14 (Second Edition), 1 McCarter
- 1867, Volume 15, 2 McCarter
- 1886, Volume 15 (Second Edition), 2 McCarter
- 1867, Volume 16, 1 C. E. Green
- 1886, Volume 16 (Second Edition), 1 C. E. Green
- 1868, Volume 17, 2 C. E. Green
- 1886, Volume 17 (Second Edition), 2 C. E. Green
- 1868, Volume 18, 3 C. E. Green
- 1878, Volume 18 (Second Edition), 3 C. E. Green
- 1869, Volume 19, 4 C. E. Green
- 1878, Volume 19 (Second Edition), 4 C. E. Green
- 1870, Volume 20, 5 C. E. Green
- 1878, Volume 20 (Second Edition), 5 C. E. Green
- 1871, Volume 21, 6 C. E. Green
- 1878, Volume 21 (Second Edition), 6 C. E. Green
- 1872, Volume 22, 7 C. E. Green
- 1879, Volume 22 (Second Edition), 7 C. E. Green
- 1873, Volume 23, 8 C. E. Green
- 1880, Volume 23 (Second Edition), 8 C. E. Green
- 1874, Volume 24, 9 C. E. Green
- 1880, Volume 24 (Second Edition), 9 C. E. Green
- 1875, Volume 25, 10 C. E. Green
- 1882, Volume 25 (Second Edition), 10 C. E. Green
- 1876, Volume 26, 11 C. E. Green
- 1883, Volume 26 (Second Edition), 11 C. E. Green
- 1877, Volume 27 , 12 C. E. Green
- 1884, Volume 27, 12 C. E. Green
- 1877, Volume 28, 1 Stewart
- 1886, Volume 28 (Second Edition), 1 Stewart
- 1878, Volume 29 (also via Internet Archive), 2 Stewart
- 1879, Volume 30 (also via Internet Archive), 3 Stewart
- 1880, Volume 31 (also via Internet Archive), 4 Stewart
- 1880, Volume 32 (also via Internet Archive), 5 Stewart
- 1881, Volume 33 (also via Internet Archive), 6 Stewart
- 1882, Volume 34 (also via Internet Archive), 7 Stewart
- 1882, Volume 35 (also via Internet Archive), 8 Stewart
- 1883, Volume 36 (also via Internet Archive), 9 Stewart
- 1884, Volume 37, 10 Stewart
- 1900, Volume 37, 10 Stewart
- 1884, Volume 38 (also via Internet Archive), 11 Stewart
- 1885, Volume 39 (also via Internet Archive), 12 Stewart
- 1886, Volume 40, 13 Stewart
- 1902, Volume 40, 13 Stewart
- 1886, Volume 41, 14 Stewart
- 1887, Volume 42, 15 Stewart
- 1888, Volume 43, 16 Stewart
- 1889, Volume 44, 17 Stewart
- 1890, Volume 45, 18 Stewart
- 1890, Volume 46, 1 Dickinson
- 1891, Volume 47, 2 Dickinson
- 1892, Volume 48, 3 Dickinson
- 1893, Volume 49, 4 Dickinson
- 1893, Volume 50, 5 Dickinson
- 1894, Volume 51, 6 Dickinson
- 1895, Volume 52, 7 Dickinson
- 1896, Volume 53, 8 Dickinson
- 1897, Volume 54, 9 Dickinson
- 1898, Volume 55, 10 Dickinson
- 1899, Volume 56, 11 Dickinson
- 1899, Volume 57, 12 Dickinson
- 1900, Volume 58, 13 Dickinson
- 1901, Volume 59, 14 Dickinson
- 1901, Volume 60, 15 Dickinson
- 1902, Volume 61, 16 Dickinson
- 1902, Volume 62, 17 Dickinson
- 1903, Volume 63, 18 Dickinson
- 1903, Volume 64, 19 Dickinson
- 1904, Volume 65, 20 Dickinson
- 1905, Volume 66, 21 Dickinson
- 1905, Volume 67, 1 Robbins
- 1906, Volume 68, 2 Robbins
- 1907, Volume 69, 3 Robbins
- 1907, Volume 70, 4 Robbins
- 1908, Volume 71, 1 Buchanan
- 1909, Volume 72, 2 Buchanan
- 1909, Volume 73, 3 Buchanan
- 1910, Volume 74, 4 Buchanan
- 1910, Volume 75, 5 Buchanan
- 1911, Volume 76, 6 Buchanan
- 1911, Volume 77, 7 Buchanan
- 1911, Volume 78, 8 Buchanan
- 1912, Volume 79, 9 Buchanan
- 1913, Volume 80, 10 Buchanan
- 1913, Volume 81, 11 Buchanan
- 1914, Volume 82, 12 Buchanan
- 1915, Volume 83, 13 Buchanan
- 1915, Volume 84, 14 Buchanan
- 1916, Volume 85, 15 Buchanan
- 1917, Volume 86, 1 Bayard Stockton
- 1918, Volume 87, 2 Bayard Stockton
- 1918, Volume 88, 3 Bayard Stockton
- 1918, Volume 89, 4 Bayard Stockton
- 1920, Volume 90, 5 Bayard Stockton
- 1920, Volume 91, 6 Bayard Stockton
Atlantic Reporter (A.) (1885-1922)
Most newer volumes can be found in print at the NJ State Library.
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
- Volume 4
- Volume 5
- Volume 6
- Volume 7
- Volume 8
- Volume 9
- Volume 10
- Volume 11
- Volume 12
- Volume 13
- Volume 14
- Volume 15
- Volume 16
- Volume 17
- Volume 18
- Volume 19
- Volume 20
- Volume 21
- Volume 22
- Volume 23
- Volume 24
- Volume 25
- Volume 26
- Volume 27
- Volume 28
- Volume 29
- Volume 30
- Volume 31
- Volume 32
- Volume 33
- Volume 34
- Volume 35
- Volume 36
- Volume 37
- Volume 38
- Volume 39
- Volume 40
- Volume 41
- Volume 42
- Volume 43
- Volume 44
- Volume 45
- Volume 46
- Volume 47
- Volume 48
- Volume 49
- Volume 50
- Volume 51
- Volume 52
- Volume 53
- Volume 54
- Volume 55
- Volume 56
- Volume 57
- Volume 58
- Volume 59
- Volume 60
- Volume 61
- Volume 62
- Volume 63
- Volume 64
- Volume 65
- Volume 66
- Volume 67
- Volume 68
- Volume 69
- Volume 70
- Volume 71
- Volume 72
- Volume 73
- Volume 74
- Volume 75
- Volume 76
- Volume 77
- Volume 78
- Volume 79
- Volume 80
- Volume 81
- Volume 82
- Volume 83
- Volume 84
- Volume 85
- Volume 86
- Volume 87
- Volume 88
- Volume 89
- Volume 90
- Volume 91
- Volume 92
- Volume 93
- Volume 94
- Volume 95
- Volume 96
- Volume 97
- Volume 98
- Volume 99
- Volume 100
- Volume 101
- Volume 102
- Volume 103
- Volume 104
- Volume 105
- Volume 106
- Volume 107
- Volume 108
- Volume 109
- Volume 110
- Volume 111
- Volume 112
- Volume 113
- Volume 114
- Volume 115
- Volume 116
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