[brief] Cases  Asbury Park v. Dep’t of Civil Service, 17 N.J. 419 (1955)  ...........................................24  Bound Brook Bd. of Educ. v. Ciripompa, 228 N.J. 4 (2017) ...........................................26  Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 142 N.J. 520 (1995) ....................................... 13, 14 Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 (1983) ......................................................................27  Costello v. Ocean County Observer, 136 N.J. 594 (1994) .............................................23  Driscoll v. Burlington-Bristol Bridge Co., et al., 8 N.J. 433 (1952), cert. denied, 344 U.S. 838 and reh’g denied, 344 U.S. 888 (1952) ..................................................18 Estate of Hange v. Metro. Prop. & Case. Ins. Co., 202 N.J. 369 (2010) .........................12 Hartmann v. Police Dep't of Vill. of Ridgewood, 258 N.J. Super. 32 (App. Div. 1992) ..........................................................................................................................24 Housel v. Theodridis, 314 N.J. Super. 597 (App. Div. 1998) ........................................14 In re Emmons, 63 N.J. Super. 136 (App. Div. 1960) .............................................. 10, 23, 24, 28 In re Griffin, No. A-5042-09T3, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2756 (App. Div. Nov. 4, 2011) ...............................................................................................................25 In re Kellish, No. A-1445-18T1, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2082 (App. Div. Oct. 9, 2019) ...............................................................................................................26 In re Malayter, No. A-2621-07T1, 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2471 (App. Div. Sept. 29, 2009) ....................................................................................................25 In re Phillips, 117 N.J. 567 (1990) .................................................................................. 10, 24 In re Vena, No. A-4128-05T1, 2007 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1325 (App. Div. Oct. 26, 2007) ...............................................................................................................26 In re Wilkinson, No. A-2355-11T1, 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 353 (App. Div. Feb. 24, 2014) ....................................................................................................26 Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield, 17 N.J. 67 (1954) .........................13 Karins v. Atlantic City, 152 N.J. 532 (1998) ............................................................... passim Kramer v. Bd. of Adjustment, 45 N.J. 268 (1965) .......................................................16 Leek v. N.J. Dep't of Corr., No. A-2350-06T3, 2008 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 596 (App. Div. May 14, 2008)  ....................................................................................25  Milani v. Miller, 515 S.W. 2d 412 (Mo. 1975).  ............................................................21  Rinnier v. Department of Transp., 94 N.J.A.R.2d (Vol.2B) 440(CSV), 1994 WL 183662, Final Agency Decision (Feb. 22, 1994)  .......................................................26  Rivkin v. Dover Tp. Rent Leveling Bd., 143 N.J. 352 (1996)  .......................................16  Sagendorf v. Selective Ins. Co., 293 N.J. Super. 81 (App. Div. 1996)  .........................14  Somerset Cty. Vocational & Tech. Sch. Bd. of Educ. v. Vingara, No. A-5456-16T4, 2018 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2825 (App. Div. Dec. 27, 2018)..........................26  Spencer v. Dearborn (In re Spencer), Nos. A-0239-08T2, A-5344-08T3, 2010 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1006 (App. Div. May 7, 2010) ..............................................26 State v. Botti, 189 N.J. Super. 127 (Super. Ct. 1983) ............................................. 21, 28 State v. Weleck, 10 N.J. 355 (1952) ........................................................................... 26, 27 Swarts v. Sherwin-Williams Co., 244 N.J. Super. 170 (App. Div. 1990) ....................14 Tp. Comm. of Tp. of Neptune v. Stagg, 312 N.J. Super. 312 (App. Div. 1998) .......22 Statutes N.J.S.A. 40:14A-5(c) .................................................................................................. 10, 22, 29 Rules R. 4:46-2.........................................................................................................................13 R. 4:46-2(c) ..................................................................................................................12 Constitutional Provisions N.J. Const., art. I, ¶ 2 .....................................................................................................18 N.J. Const., art. IV, § 7, ¶ 11 .......................................................................................22  PRELIMINARY STATEMENT