The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3
- Issued
- 2020-07-24 July 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-24; jury provisions from Sept. 21, 2020 (read as 2020-07-24)
- End
- Modified by the Ninth Omnibus Order (Oct. 8, 2020) and the Nov. 16, 2020 Order suspending new in-person jury trials (NJ-100) (read as 2020-10-08)
- In force
- July 24, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all courts, attorneys and litigants
- Functions reached
- CT courts (no new jury trials March 16 - Sept. 21, 2020; remote proceedings)
- CS litigation practices
- Collection
- New Jersey NJ
Operative words
"This July 24, 2020 Seventh Omnibus Order continues certain adjustments necessitated during the COVID-19 period, including the prioritization of remote proceedings and permission for electronic signatures, remote depositions, and electronic service on the State of New Jersey."... "Jury Trials. Authorizing new jury selections and new jury trials starting on or after September 21, 2020, with selections to be conducted in a primarily virtual format and trials to be conducted in person with social distancing, consistent with the Court's July 22, 2020 Order; Grand Jury. Providing for the virtual selection of new grand jury panels on or after September 21, 2020; Criminal. Continuing excludable time provisions through September 20, 2020".
Enforcement
Order of the Supreme Court
Notes
Fixes the jury-trial gap: no new jury trials in New Jersey for more than six months in 2020.
Retrieval noteRead from the Internet Archive's raw capture.