Dunbar Homes, Inc. v. Franklin Tp. Bd. of Adj., 448 N.J. Super. 583 (App. Div. 2017). The Municipal Land Use Law ("MLUL"), in N.J.S.A. 40:55D-10.5, contains a "time of application...
Today is inauguration day for Donald Trump. He and his designee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, might take a lesson from a decision...
"Pent-Up" Demand for Low and Moderate Income Housing Must be Accounted for as Part of "Present Need"
In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 227 N.J. 508 (2017). In the Appellate Division decision in this case, reported at 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016),...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has granted review in EQR-LPC Urban Renewal North Pier, LLC v. City of Jersey City. The question presented in that appeal, as phrased...
E&J Equities v. Franklin Tp. Bd. of Adj. , 226 N.J. 549 (2016). Billboards are not everyone's favorite thing. Many view them as a blot on the landscape (and not...
In In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016), discussed here (under the heading "Another Mount Laurel Case for the Supreme Court?"),...
DePolo v. Tredyffrin Tp. Bd. of Supervisors, 835 F.3d 381 (3d Cir. 2016). Jeffrey DePolo is a ham radio enthusiast in Pennsylvania. He applied to defendant Zoning Hearing Board of...
Jai Sai Ram, LLC v. South Toms River Planning and Zoning Bd., 446 N.J. Super. 338 (App. Div. 2016). As Judge Reisner stated in her opinion in this case today,...
In re Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, 446 N.J. Super. 259 (App. Div. 2016). It has been 41 years since the Supreme Court issued its original Mount Laurel...
In the federal system, Justice Brandeis' concurrence in Ashwander v. TVA, 297 U.S. 288 (1936), has been the source most often cited for the principle that courts will avoid reaching...
