New Jersey Legal Overview: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City The Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City metropolitan area is defined as a combined statistical area covering 14 counties across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties in New Jersey are included in the CSA, but not in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington MSA which only has Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey. Superior courts in New Jersey serve one or more counties as the main trial courts. Listed below are the main New Jersey cities in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City metro area.
Top New Jersey cities for Legal Issues: Atlantic City
1. The Atlantic and Cape May counties are served by the Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage. This court has locations in Atlantic City, Mays Landing and in Cape May Court House. The latter is a census designated place (CDP) in Middle Township, and serves as the county seat for Cape May County. In Atlantic County, the superior court has its criminal division in the county seat of Mays Landing. The civil division is in Atlantic City. There is also a municipal court in Atlantic City with limited jurisdiction over traffic violations and misdemeanors.
Trending Legal Topics: The Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage also has an appellate division to handle appeals from the trial courts. The New Jersey Supreme Court offers the opportunity for another appeal if they agree to review an intermediate appellate panel’s ruling. A federal case in any of the New Jersey counties that come under the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City metro area must be filed with the Camden Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Federal appeals from New Jersey are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |