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Hills Development Co. v. Bernards Tp. in Somerset County

Document Cited authorities 16 Cited in 152 Precedent Map Related
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Decision Date20 February 1986
Docket NumberINC,BRUNSWICK-HAMPTO
Citation510 A.2d 621,103 N.J. 1
PartiesThe HILLS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The TOWNSHIP OF BERNARDS in the COUNTY OF SOMERSET, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, the Township Committee of the Township of Bernards, the Planning Board of the Township of Bernards, and the Sewerage Authority of the Township of Bernards, Defendants-Appellants. Helen MOTZENBECKER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLE and the Borough of Bernardsville, Defendants-Appellants. URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW BRUNSWICK, a nonprofit corporation of the State of New Jersey, Cleveland Benson, Judith Champion, Barbara Tippett and Kenneth Tuskey, on Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, and Fannie Botts, Lydia Cruz and Jean White, Plaintiffs, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF CARTERET, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Dunellen, Township Committee of the Township of East Brunswick, Township Committee of the Township of Edison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Helmetta, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Highland Park, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Jamesburg, Township Committee of the Township of Madison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Metuchen, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Milltown, Township Committee of the Township of Monroe, Township Committee of the Township of North Brunswick, Township, Township Committee of the Township of Piscataway, Township Committee of the Township of Plainsboro, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Sayreville, Mayor and Council of the City of South Amboy, Township Committee of the Township of South Brunswick, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South Plainfield, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South River, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Spotswood, Township Committee of the Township of Woodbridge, Defendants, and Township Committee of the Township of Cranbury, Defendant-Appellant. GARFIELD AND COMPANY, Pl
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

Page 1

103 N.J. 1

510 A.2d 621

The HILLS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The TOWNSHIP OF BERNARDS in the COUNTY OF SOMERSET, a

municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, the

Township Committee of the Township of Bernards, the Planning

Board of the Township of Bernards, and the Sewerage

Authority of the Township of Bernards, Defendants-Appellants.

Helen MOTZENBECKER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLE and the

Borough of Bernardsville, Defendants-Appellants.

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW BRUNSWICK, a nonprofit

corporation of the State of New Jersey, Cleveland Benson,

Judith Champion, Barbara Tippett and Kenneth Tuskey, on

Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly

Situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, and Fannie Botts, Lydia Cruz and Jean White, Plaintiffs, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF CARTERET, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Dunellen, Township Committee of

the Township of East Brunswick, Township Committee of the

Township of Edison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of

Helmetta, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Highland Park,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Jamesburg, Township

Committee of the Township of Madison, Mayor and Council of

the Borough of Metuchen, Mayor and Council of the Borough of

Middlesex, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Milltown,

Township Committee of the Township of Monroe, Township

Committee of the Township of North Brunswick, Township,

Township Committee of the Township of Piscataway, Township

Committee of the Township of Plainsboro, Mayor and Council

of the Borough of Sayreville, Mayor and Council of the City

of South Amboy, Township Committee of the Township of South

Brunswick, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South

Plainfield, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South River,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Spotswood, Township

Committee of the Township of Woodbridge, Defendants,

and

Township Committee of the Township of Cranbury, Defendant-Appellant.

GARFIELD AND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND the TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF the TOWNSHIP OF

CRANBURY, a municipal corporation, and the members thereof;

Planning Board of the Township of Cranbury, and the members

thereof, Defendants-Appellants.

CRANBURY LAND COMPANY, a New Jersey Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CRANBURY TOWNSHIP, a municipal corporation of the State of

New Jersey located in Middlesex County, New

Jersey, Defendant-Appellant.

Lawrence ZIRINSKY, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF the TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, a

Municipal Corporation, and the Planning Board of

the Township of Cranbury, Defendants-Appellants.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC., a Pennsylvania Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY IN the COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, A municipal

corporation of the State of New Jersey, the Township

Committee of the Township of Cranbury and the Planning Board

of the Township of Cranbury, Defendants-Appellants.

MORRIS COUNTY FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, Morris County Branch of

the National Association For the Advancement of Colored

People and Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate of the State

of New Jersey, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BOONTON TOWNSHIP, Chatham Township, Chester Township, East

Hanover Township, Florham Park Borough, Hanover Township,

Harding Township Jefferson Township, Kinnelon Borough,

Lincoln Park Borough, Madison Borough, Mendham Borough,

Mendham Township, Montville Township, Morris Township,

Morris Plains Borough, Mount Olive Township, Parsippany-Troy

Hills Township, Passaic Township Pequannock Township,

Randolph Township, Riverdale Borough, Rockaway Township,

Roxbury Township and Washington Township, Defendants,

and

Denville Township, Defendant-Appellant.

AFFORDABLE LIVING CORPORATION, INC., a New Jersey

Corporation, Plaintiff- Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE, Defendant-Appellant, and Shongum-Union Hill Civic Association, a not-for-profit

Corporation, Intervenor- Respondent.

Angelo CALI, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE, in the County of Morris: a

municipal corporation of New Jersey, the Municipal Council

of the Township of Denville, and the Planning Board of the

Township of Denville, Defendants-Appellants.

SIEGLER ASSOCIATES, a partnership existing under the laws of

the State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Maurice SOUSSA and Esther H. Soussa, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. The TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE, a Municipal Corporation of the

State of New Jersey, situated in Morris County,

and the Denville Township Planning

Board, Defendants-Appellants.

STONEHEDGE ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. The TOWNSHIP OF DENVILLE, in the COUNTY OF MORRIS, a

Municipal Corporation of the State of New Jersey, the

Municipal Council of the Township of Denville & the Planning

Board of the Township of Denville, Defendants-Appellants.

REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the TOWNSHIP OF HOLMDEL, Defendant-Appellant.

NEW BRUNSWICK-HAMPTON, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the TOWNSHIP OF HOLMDEL, Defendant-Appellant.

PALMER ASSOCIATES and Gideon Adler, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the TOWNSHIP OF HOLMDEL, Defendant-Appellant.

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW BRUNSWICK, a nonprofit

corporation of the State of New Jersey, Cleveland Benson,

Judith Champion, Barbara Tippett and Kenneth Tuskey, on

Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly

Situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF CARTERET, Township

Committee of the Township of Cranbury, Mayor and Council of

the Borough of Dunellen, Township Committee of the Township

of East Brunswick, Township Committee of the Township of

Edison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Helmetta, Mayor

and Council of the Borough of Highland Park, Mayor and

Council of the Borough of Jamesburg, Township Committee of

the Township of Madison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of

Metuchen, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Milltown, Township

Committee of the Township of North Brunswick, Township,

Township Committee of the Township of Piscataway, Township

Committee of the Township of Plainsboro, Mayor and Council

of the Borough of Sayreville, Mayor and Council of the City

of South Amboy, Township Committee of the Township of South

Brunswick and Mayor and Council of the Borough of South

Plainfield, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South River,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Spotswood, Township

Committee of the Township of Woodbridge, Defendants,

and

Township Committee of the Township of Monroe, Defendant-Appellant.

MONROE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MONROE TOWNSHIP, Defendant-Appellant.

LORI ASSOCIATES, a New Jersey Partnership, and HABD

Associates, a New Jersey Partnership, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MONROE TOWNSHIP, a municipal corporation of the State of New

Jersey, located in Middlesex County, New Jersey,

Defendant-Appellant.

GREAT MEADOWS COMPANY, a New Jersey Partnership; Monroe

Greens Associates, as tenants in common; and Guaranteed Realty Associates, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MONROE TOWNSHIP, a municipal corporation of the State of New

Jersey, located in the State of New Jersey,

located in Middlesex County, New Jersey,

Defendant- Appellant.

MORRIS COUNTY FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, Morris County Branch of

the National Association For the Advancement of Colored

People and Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate of the State

of New Jersey, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BOONTON TOWNSHIP, Chatham Township, Chester Township,

Denville Township, East Hanover Township, Florham Park

Borough, Hanover Township, Harding Township, Jefferson

Township, Kinnelon Borough, Lincoln Park Borough, Madison

Borough, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Montville

Township, Morris Township, Morris Plains Borough, Mount

Olive Township, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, Passaic

Township, Pequannock Township, Riverdale Borough, Rockaway

Township, Roxbury Township and Washington Township, Defendants,

and

Randolph Township, Defendant-Appellant.

RANDOLPH MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, a New Jersey

Corporation, Plaintiff- Respondent, v. The BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF the TOWNSHIP OF RANDOLPH, Defendant, and The Township of Randolph, a municipal corporation of the

county of Morris, State of New Jersey,

Defendant-Appellant.

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER NEW BRUNSWICK, a nonprofit

corporation of the State of New Jersey, Cleveland Benson,

Judith Champion, Barbara Tippett and Kenneth Tuskey, on

Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly

Situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. The MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF the BOROUGH OF CARTERET, Township

Committee of the Township of Cranbury, Mayor and Council of

the Borough of Dunellen, Township Committee of the Township

of East Brunswick, Township Committee of the Township of

Edison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Helmetta, Mayor

and Council of the Borough of Highland Park, Mayor and

Council of the Borough of Jamesburg, Township Committee of

the Township of Madison, Mayor and Council of the Borough of

Metuchen, Mayor and Council of the Borough of Middlesex,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Milltown, Township

Committee of the Township of Monroe, Township Committee of

the Township of North Brunswick, Township, Township

Committee of the Township of Piscataway, Township Committee

of the Township of Plainsboro, Mayor and Council of the

Borough of Sayreville, Mayor and Council of the City of

South Amboy, Township Committee of the Township of South

Brunswick, Mayor and Council of the Borough of South River,

Mayor and Council of the Borough of Spotswood, Township

Committee of the Township of Woodbridge, Defendants,

and

Mayor and Council of the Borough of South Plainfield,

Defendant-Appellant.

AMG REALTY COMPANY, a Partnership organized under the laws

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