By: Henry T. Chou, Esq.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has revisited the question of whether a plaintiff is entitled to an enlargement of time beyond the 45-day period for filing a prerogative writ action where there is confusion over the date on which public notice of a land use approval is published.
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By: Henry T. Chou, Esq.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to consider arguments that the Appellate Division improperly imposed new, subjective notice requirements on developers applying for local land use approvals. On November 13, 2009, the Court granted the petitions for certification filed by a developer, American Properties, and the Ewing Township Planning Board, seeking to challenge the Appellate Division's decision in GF Properties v. Ewing Township Planning Board.
By: Henry T. Chou, Esq.
On November 10, 2009, the Supreme Court granted certification in the matter of Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, in order to consider the issue of whether owners of beachfront property lost ownership of their land by virtue of a municipality's claim in 2005 that it acquired the property by inverse condemnation forty-three years ago in 1962.