March 18, 2009 - 12:14pm
Inside Edge

Will Republicans ask Albin about this decision when he's up for Senate confirmation this year?

Three of the seven Justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court voted against hearing the case that would require Gov. Jon Corzine to release his personal e-mails to Carla Katz, a labor leader and his former girlfriend.  Justices Jaynee LaVecchia and Helen Hoens, both Republicans, and Justice Barry Albin, a Democrat, denied GOP State Chairman Tom Wilson's petition for an appeal.  Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, and Justices Virginia Long, John Wallace and Roberto Rivera-Soto did not participate. Two Appellate Court Judges, Edwin Stern and Ariel Rodriguez, voted with LaVecchia, Hoens and Albin.  When a Justice is absent, a senior Appellate Court Judge often participates in his or her place.

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