On this date in 1959, the Supreme Court decided Russell v. Board of Adjustment of Tenafly, 31 N.J. 58 (1959). The case is one of the earliest to address the ...

Malanga v. Township of West Orange, 253 N.J. 291 (2023). The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (“LHRL”), allows a municipality to declare a property “in need ...

In re Borough of Englewood Cliffs, 473 N.J. Super. 189 (App. Div. 2022). Judge Gilson’s opinion for the Appellate Division in this case today arose out of the settlement of ...

On December 15, 1952, the Supreme Court decided Ward v. Scott, 11 N.J. 117 (1952). Though the municipal law applicable at the time that case was decided has largely been ...

Crispino v. Sparta Tp., 243 N.J. 234 (2020). By statute, the Legislature has delegated to municipalities the power to impose special assessments on property owners to fund improvements that benefit ...

Edison Bd. of Educ. v. Zoning Bd. of Adj. of Edison., 464 N.J. Super. 298 (2020). This opinion by Judge Messano today affirmed a Law Division ruing that the Edison ...

Shipyard Associates, L.P. v. City of Hoboken, 242 N.J. 23 (2020). [Disclosure: My firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, represents the City of Hoboken and certain of its agencies and officials. ...

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 ...