The Supreme Court announced late yesterday that it has granted certification in three cases. Two of the matters produced published opinions in the Appellate Division. The first of those is...
On this date in 1965, the Supreme Court decided Tidewater Oil Co. v. Mayor & Council of Borough of Carteret, 44 N.J. 338 (1965), a municipal land use case. That...
Piscitelli v. City of Garfield Bd. of Adj., 237 N.J. 333 (2019). Conflict of interest issues are often sticky. That was doubly so in this case, which the Supreme Court...
Tirpak v. Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, 457 N.J. Super. 441 (App. Div. 2019). This per curiam opinion, issued today by a panel consisting of Judges Sabatino, Haas, and Sumners,...
Borough of Glassboro v. Grossman, 457 N.J. Super. 416 (App. Div. 2019). The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 to -49 ("LRHL") allows municipalities or redevelopment agencies to acquire...
A major Appellate Division argument, appellate briefing, and other work has interfered with keeping up with the courts during December. So it's time for one of this blog's periodic "catch-up"...
This is a very difficult post to write. Michael E. Patunas was my colleague at Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC for more than fifteen years. He was my partner for a...
Montclair State University v. County of Passaic, 234 N.J. 434 (2018). This case centered on the proper application of Rutgers v. Piluso, 60 N.J. 142 (1972). As discussed here, in...
Cherokee LCP Land, LLC v. Linden Planning Bd., 234 N.J. 403 (2018). The Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. ("MLUL") confers standing to actions of municipal land use...
Harz v. Borough of Spring Lake, 234 N.J. 317 (2018). The New Jersey Civil Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 to -2 ("NJCRA") is, in general, the New Jersey analog to the...
