[brief] Order  Denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery and Granting Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Protective Order, filed February 2, 2023 .................................................................  Pa0190  Transcript of Motion, dated February 2, 2023 ..............................................  1T20-23  Final Judgment Pursuant to R. 4:42-2, filed August 24, 2023 .......................  Pa0192  Trial Opinion, filed August 24, 2023 ..........................................................  Pa0194  # TABLE OF AUTHORITIES  ## CASES - **Atl. N. Airlines v. Schwimmer**, 12 N.J. 293 (1953) ...........................................  29, 30, 36 - **Brunswick Hills Racquet Club, Inc. v. Route 18 Shopping Ctr. Assocs.**, 182 N.J. 210 (2005) .................................................................................. 39, 40, 41 - **Capital Health Sys., Inc. v. Horizon Healthcare Servs., Inc.**, 230 N.J. 73 (2017) ........................................................................................................ 27, 28, 43 - **Conway v. 287 Corp. Ctr. Assocs.**, 187 N.J. 259 (2006) ................................................................. 29 - **Globe Motor Co. v. Igdalev**, 225 N.J. 469 (2016)  ..............................................................................  30 - **Jenkins v. Rainner**, 69 N.J. 50 (1976) .......................................................................................... 43 - **Jennings v. Pinto**, 5 N.J. 562 (1950) ............................................................................................  27 - **Johnston Dev. Grp., Inc. v. Carpenters Local Union No. 1578**, 130 F.R.D. 348 (D.N.J. 1990) ........................................................................................................ 44 - **Kerr v. Able Sanitary and Environmental Servs., Inc.**, 295 N.J. Super. 147 (App. Div. 1996) ........................................................................................................ 43, 44, 45, 46 - **Kieffer v. Best Buy**, 205 N.J. 213 (2011) ....................................................................................... 27, 33, 38 - **Manalapan Realty, L.P. v. Twp. Comm. of Manalapan**, 140 N.J. 366 (1995) .................................................. 27 - **Marioni v. 94 Broadway, Inc.**, 374 N.J. Super. 588 (App. Div. 2005) .................................................. 31 - **Payton v. N.J. Tpk. Auth.**, 148 N.J. 524 (1997) .................................................................................. 28, 43 - **Schnakenberg v. Gibraltar Savings & Loan Ass’n**, 37 N.J. Super. 150 (App. Div. 1955) ........................................................................................................ 29, 36 - **State v. Harris**, 181 N.J. 391 (2004) ............................................................................................... 27 - **State v. Mohammed**, 226 N.J. 71 (2016) ......................................................................................... 27  State v. Pierre, 223 N.J. 560 (2015) .................................................................27 Stehr v. Sawyer, 40 N.J. 352 (1963) ........................................................................31 U.S. v. Clementon Sewerage Auth., 365 F.2d 609 (3d Cir. 1966) .........................29, 30 89 Water Street Assocs. v. Reilly, 2019 WL 4793073 (App. Div. Oct. 1, 2019) .................................................................31, 32, 33, 34, 38 RULES AND STATUTES Court Rule 1:36-3........................................................................................................31 Court Rule 2:6-8..............................................................................................................4 Court Rule 4:10-2............................................................................................................43 Court Rule 4:10-3............................................................................................................43 Court Rule 4:14-1............................................................................................................43 N.J.A.C. 7:26C-1 et seq ...............................................................................................12 N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et seq .............................................................................................1 Rule of Professional Conduct 3.7 ..................................................................................46 Plaintiff-Appellant, [...] (“Plaintiff”), appeals from (1) a final judgment after a bench trial (i) granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s claim for specific performance, (ii) dismissing Plaintiff’s claim for breach of contract, and (iii) dismissing Plaintiff’s claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, against Defendants-Respondents, [...], as the Administrator of the [...] (“Defendant Grammer”), and [...] (“Defendant Ippolito” and, together, “Defendants”) (the “Final Judgment”); and (2) an order denying Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery and granting Defendants’ cross-motion for a protective order (the “Discovery Order”).