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SUPERIOR COURT 
OF
NEW 
JERSEYAPPELLATE 
DIVISIONAPPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION
TO FILE EMERGENT
MOTION
TO:
Hon 
Carmen 
Alvarez
DATE
0/10/2013
FROM:
 
Jean
Reilly 
Deputy
Attorney
General
 
ELEPHONE 
609)
33-1309
ext.
The 
following 
questions are 
to 
be
answered by 
the 
attorney or pro
se litigant requesting 
permission
to 
file
an
emergent 
motion. Thisquestionnaire
is 
designed
to
assist 
the court's
determination respecting
its
further
instructions.
COMPLETION
O
THIS
APPLICATION
DOES
NOT IN
ANY SENSE CONSTITUTE THE FILING OF
AN 
APPEAL OR MOTION.
There is no
right
to 
be 
heard
orally
on an
emergency
application. Furtherinstructions 
will come from
the 
court.Except
by permission 
of the court, the only
documents 
you
may
submit
with
this
application are: a 
copy of 
the decision
being
appealed, any
opinion or statement 
of reasons
given by 
the trial
judge
or
agency, and any
order
or decision 
denying
or granting 
a 
stay. A copy
of this
application 
must
be 
served simultaneously on
both your 
adversaryand
the trial 
judge or agency. No answer shall
be
filed withoutpermission
of the court.
If
the court
grants
you 
permission 
to
file 
an
emergent motion and
you
have
not 
previously filed 
a 
motion
for
leave 
to 
appeal or
notice 
of
appeal 
(whichever
is
applicable), 
you
must
simultaneously file 
one.
You
must
also pay the applicable filing fee
( 30 
for
a
motion
for 
leave
to
appeal; 
200 for
a
notice
of
appeal), 
direct the
charging
of
an 
accountwith the Superior
Court,
or file
a 
motion
to
proceed as an indigent andsupporting
certification.
CASE NAME 
arden
State 
Equality 
et
al. 
v.
Paula
Dow,
t
al.
1. 
What is the
vicinage
of the
matter?
(i.e., what
judge, 
in
whatcounty 
or
what agency 
entered
the decision?)
The 
Hon. 
Mary
C.
Jacobson, 
.J.S.C. 
Mercer County,
Law
ivision
2. 
a)
What is 
your 
name,
address, 
including any e-mail 
address,phone number and 
fax 
number?
Jean
P. 
eilly 
DAG;
ivision
of 
Law 
Hughes
ustice
Complex; 5 
Market
treet;
Trenton, 
NJ
8625-0093
jean.reilly@dol.lps.state.nj.us;
609-633-1309 ph); 609-341-5030 fax)
b) Whom do
you 
represent?
All
Defendants
(Dow 
t
al.
3. List the
names 
of all 
other parties and name, address, includingany known
e-mail
address, phone number and fax number 
of
attorneyfor 
each.
Lawrence
S. Lustberg,
sq.;
GIBBONS
.C.; 
1
Gateway
Center;
Newark,
NJ
7102-5310;
llustberg 
@gibbonslaw.com;
973-596-4500 ph); 
973-639-8285 fax);
Hayley
. 
Gorenberg,
sq.; 
LAMBDA
LEGAL; 
20 Wall 
treet 
19th
floor;
NY, 
NY 
0005; hgorenberg@lambdalegal.org;
212-809-8585 ph);Attorneys 
or
all 
Plaintiffs
Garden 
State 
Equality
et
al. 
Revised
02/2009,
CN 
0498
-English
page 
1
of
4
 
4. Do
you
have a 
written order 
or
judgment entered by
the
judge or 
a
written 
agency
decision? You 
must
attach a 
copy 
of
the order,judgment
or
decision.
Yes 
attached).
5. 
Are 
there 
any
claims
against any party below, either in this or consolidated 
action,
which
have
not
been disposed
of,
including
counterclaims, cross-claims, 
third
-party claims 
and applications
for counsel fees? If so, the
decision 
is not final,
but rather
interlocutory,
and leave 
to
appeal must 
be sought.
No.
6. 
Have you 
filed for 
a 
stay before 
the trial court
or agency?
Yes.
If
so, do 
you 
have 
a 
court
order or agency decision denying orgranting same? Attach a 
copy 
of 
any such 
order or
decision.Before you seek a stay from 
the 
Appellate Division, you
must firstapply 
to 
the trial court or agency for
a 
stay 
and obtain a signed
order
or
decision ruling 
on
your 
stay
application. 
Court
Rules
2:9-5
and 
2:9-7)
Yes 
attached).
7. If
the 
order or agency decision 
is 
interlocutory, are
you 
filing
 
motion 
for 
leave
to
appeal?
n/a
8.
If 
interlocutory, 
are 
you 
filing
a 
motion 
to 
stay the trialcourt or 
agency proceeding?
n/a
9. 
If 
the order,
judgment or agency decision 
is final,
have you
fileda notice 
of
appeal?
Yes 
copy 
ttached
10. 
What is the essence 
of the
order, 
judgment or agency decision?
The
Order 
eclares 
the
State
statutory structure
reserving 
the 
name
of 
arriage 
for
heterosexual
couples
unconstitutional
and mandates 
hat
the
State
permit
same
-sex
couples
to 
marry
beginning Oct.
21,
013.
11. 
a) 
Has any aspect of this 
matter been presented 
to
orconsidered by another judge or part
of
the AppellateDivision by emergent application 
or 
prior appealproceedings? If 
so, 
which judge 
or 
part?
No.
Revised 
02/2009,
CN 
0498
-English
page
2
f 
4
 
b) 
Have
the 
merits briefs been filed in 
this
matter? If
so,
has
the
matter been calendared 
to 
a part?
No.
12.
What is the
nature of the emergency?
The
Order below 
permits
same
-sex
couples 
to
marry
n less 
than 
eeks. 
n
Lewis 
.
Harris,
the
Supreme 
Court 
ecognized 
that 
the
issue
of
how 
o
define 
marriage
has
ar-reaching 
social
implications,
and 
alteration 
of
he
traditional definition 
of 
arriage
would 
render 
a 
profound 
change 
n the
public
consciousness
of 
ocial
institution
of 
ncient
origin.
13. 
What is the 
irreparable harm, and when 
do
you 
expect this 
harm
to
occur?
Irreparable
harm 
esults 
any 
time
a
lower
ourt 
declares unconstitutional
astatutory
structure that
democratically
-elected
representatives 
duly
enacted.
This
s
especially
true
where, 
s here, the
Legislature 
acted 
in
accord 
with
an
option the
Lewis
Court has 
lready 
determined 
is
presumptively
constitutional,
and
the
legislation
addresses
an
issue 
of
reat social
import.
The
harm 
s
immediate.
14. 
What
relief
do
you
seek?
A
tay 
pending
resolution
on
appeal
of 
he 
merits
of 
he 
underlying 
constitutional issues.
15.
What 
citation 
is most
important for 
the 
proposition
that
you 
are
likely to 
prevail on appeal?
United
States
v.
Windsor,
570
U.S.
,
133 
S.
t.
2675 2013)
language, 
ationale,
and 
holding
mandating
hat 
federal 
government
fford 
civil
union couples
federal
marriage
benefits 
and
defer
to
Statein 
matters
of 
omestic
elations);
Lewis 
. Harris,
188
.J.
415 
2006) 
civil
unions 
permissible).
16. Have 
you 
served simultaneously
a
copy of this
application on 
both
your adversary and 
the trial 
judge
or
agency?
Yes.
17. Have any transcripts been ordered (particularly of the trialjudge s challenged ruling)?
Yes.
If 
so, 
when
will the transcript 
be 
available?
It
is
attached.
18. 
Please 
give 
a 
brief summary
of
the
facts
of 
your 
case.
In
Lewis
. Harris,
the
Court 
fforded the
Legislature 
two
qually
constitutional
options:
amend 
he
marriage
statutes to
include 
same
-sex
couples
or, 
preserving the
traditional
definition
of 
arriage,
reate
a
parallel statutory structure that 
would
provide
same
-sex
couples 
with
all
of
he
same 
ights
and
benefits
that 
married couples enjoy
under
he
State's
laws.
Id. at 
423. Because 
ltering 
the
meaning 
of
arriage
 would 
render
a
profound
change 
n
the public
consciousness 
of a 
ocial
institution
of
ncient
origin 
andhave
far-reaching
social implications,
the 
Court
id
not presume
hat 
a
difference 
in
name 
lone
is
of
constitutional
magnitude.
Id. 
at
456, 62.
In
response
to 
Lewis,
he Legislature
adopted 
the
Civil
Union
Act, 
.J.S.A. 
37:1-28 
to
-36,
which 
provides
that
[c]ivil
union
couples 
shall
have 
ll
of
he
same
benefits,
protections
and
esponsibilities
under
law
.. 
as
are
granted 
to
spouses
in 
a
marriage. N.J.S.A.
37:1-31. 
Subsequently,
he
United
States
Supreme 
Court 
truck
own
he 
federal
Defense 
of
arriageAct,
olding 
that
the
federal 
government
cannot
reat
unequally 
those
whom
he
states treat
equally.
Windsor,
570
U.S.
(2013). 
Plaintiffs 
then
filed
a
summary 
udgment 
motion 
claiming, 
on
equal
protection
grounds,
hat
same
-sex
couples
have
a
ight
to 
marry.
The
rial 
court granted the
motion.
Revised 02/2009,
CN
0498
-English 
page 
3
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