Nordstrom v. Lyon, 424 N.J. Super. 80 (App. Div. 2012).  William “Hank” Lyon was a media star last year.  In his early 20′s, and a newcomer to the political scene, Lyon ran for Morris County Freeholder (or, as his campaign materials put it, “for Conservative Freeholder”) in the Republican primary against four-term incumbent Margaret Nordstrom.  Lyon appeared to have scored an upset victory, by ten votes.  Nordstrom, however, challenged the election results

State v. Heine, 424 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2012).  Ellen Heine, the owner of a property in Garfield, was found guilty in municipal court of violating provisions of the Garfield property maintenance code.  In separate proceedings, Heine was convicted of violating a provision of the municipal code, section 181-3, that authorized the Construction Official to inspect premises “in order that he may perform his duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of dwellings an

Jennings v. Borough of Highlands, 418 N.J. Super. 405 (App. Div. 2011).  “The right to protest zoning amendments has existed in this State for more than eighty years.”  A successful protest under the Municipal Land Use Law (“MLUL”), N.J.S.A. 40:55D-63, has the effect of blocking a zoning amendment unless it receives a two-thirds majority vote in its favor instead of a simple majority.  The question in this case, as Judge Harris phrased it for the App