By Stuart Lieberman | Published October 21, 2014 | Posted in Development, Land Use, Permitting | Tagged Tags: Appellate Division, Billboard, community organization | Leave a comment
The New Jersey Appellate Division recently upheld a decision by Franklin Township, New Jersey to ban digital billboards along a stretch of Interstate 287, while allowing static billboards to be implemented. The Appellate Division determined that no violation of the First Amendment took place as part of the ban, with Judge Marianne Espinosa stating that Read More
Read MoreThe New Jersey Appellate Division recently held that an exculpatory clause within a fitness club’s membership agreement does not operate to absolve the club of all liability for personal injury on its premises. The case, Walters v. YMCA, 2014 N.J. Super. LEXIS 117 (App. Div. Aug. 11, 2014), was brought by a member of the Read More
Read MoreIn two recent New Jersey court opinions, important questions as to the scope and application of the New Jersey Open Public Record Act (“OPRA”) were decided. The first, Kennedy v. Montclair Center Corporation Business Improvement District, 2014 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1654 (App. Div. Jun. 24, 2014), clarifies that OPRA applies to corporations formed to Read More
Read MoreIn a recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision entitled Borough of Saddle River v. 66 East Allendale, LLC the Court addressed whether “it was proper to allow the jury to hear evidence on the likelihood of a zoning change without the trial court first determining outside of the jury’s presence that there was a reasonable Read More
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