VIRGINIA MATTHEWS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, AND STANLEY C. VAN NESS, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR-APPELLANT,
v.
BAY HEAD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; PHILIP D. REED, JR.; PAUL E. PARKER & CATHERINE PARKER, H/W; JAMES L. TYSON & DAVID O. TYSON; JOHN BOWMAN DELANEY; ROBERT L. JOHNSON & ROBERTA JOHNSON, H/W; HELEN LOBLEIN; MARTHA L. VAN EMBURGH; H. CORBIN DAY; CAROL C. SCHMITZ; BENJAMIN BARNETT & CATHERINE, H/W; KATHERINE W. FORTENBAUGH; GEORGE P. EGBERT; LESTER D. EGBERT; GEORGE O. NODYNE; ANDREW H. CAMPBELL; JOSEPH SHELBY & MIRIAM ROHRER SHELBY; BRUCE B. SWENSON & NANCY T. SWENSON, H/W; FERDINAND W. ROEBLING, III; DOROTHY ANDERSON & CLIFFORD O. ANDERSON; ESTATE OF EILEEN RUCKER; MARY G. HILL; ROBERT S. CORBIN; JOHN A. BROWN; GEORGE R. SCHULTZ; EDWARD MCGRATH & ELIZABETH MCGRATH, H/W; WALTER H. BROWN & CATHERINE BROWN, H/W; ALFRED E. JOHNSON, JR.; EDWARD F. & JOAN VAN JOHNSON, H/W; JOHN MAGEE & ELIZABETH MAGEE, H/W; FRANK J. O'BRIEN; EDITH WELLS PARDOE; GEORGE H. & ESTELLE M. SANDS, H/W AND CLYDE A. SZUCH, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND JOSEPH DECIBUS & HAZEL DECIBUS, H/W; FREDERICK MELLOR; WILLIAM DE BRAY & VILMA DE BRAY, H/W; ELIZABETH M. HEATH; F.W. CLARK & LUCILLE CLARK, H/W; HENRY THUMAN; ELIZABETH MATTHEWS; PAUL SAMBORN; HOWARD MCCLINTIC; DONALD LUSARDI; HENRY C. DAY; M. DICKINSON; MARGARET B. DUNN; DICK ZUVER & JEAN ZUVER, H/W; ALBERT ROBERT JOHNSON; ANDREW CONTE; RICHARD OTTO & JUDITH OTTO, H/W; GORDON A. WILLSPANGH; ELIZABETH HANUS; REBEKAH COLLINS; MARIA A. CARMICHAEL; HERBERT J. GARMBOW; CAROLYN L. OTTLEY; FRANK E. CURRAN, JR.; DARWIN JAMES, JR.; WILLIAM H. NIMICK, III; CLARK ESTATE; MARIAN R. REICHEL; LAWRENCE BATHGATE & PAMELA BATHGATE, H/W; RICARDO MESTRES; BEVERLY ROBERTSON; WILLIAM SPOFFORD; AUSTIN STARKEY; HENRY GIBSON; HENRY SMITH; BARR ELIZABETH LOIZEAUX; ALBERT DITTMAN; TRISTINA JOHNSON; QUAIL HILL ESTATES; ASH ASSOCIATION; MALVERN C. BURROUGHS; HERB & ANN DRAESEL, H/W; FLORENCE EBERHARDT; PETER HAUSMANN; THOMAS JONES & VERA JONES, H/W; JAMES W. KELLEY; MORGAN MACOM & MARY MACOM, H/W; JOHN F. MOORE; DONALD A. PICKERING & DOROTHY PICKERING, H/W; ELIZABETH H. STRECCH; ZORLAS, JAMES & BARBARA, H/W; WALTER & MARION BRAUN, H/W; DAVID & SHIRLEY GAESFORD, H/W; HERBGMARTH-TAYLOR ROSS & AMY WRIGHT, H/W AND MARX & GUILIANA RENZULLI, H/W, DEFENDANTS, AND MRS. PAUL HAY; EDWARD H. HEIN; HAROLD L. HERBERT; ROBERT KING; HERMAN SCHMITZ; CHRISTINE WILDER; SAMUEL B. FORTENBAUGH, JR.; GREGORY GIBSON; ANN F. MESTRES; DOROTHY L. CORBIN; MAX HABERNICKEL, III & GAEL S. HABERNICKEL, H/W; J. STUART HILL; RICARDO A. MESTRES, JR.; ANNE K. NODYNE AND ELIZABETH B. REED, RESPONDENTS NOT NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 10, 1983.
Decided February 2, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sandra T. Ayres, Deputy Public Advocate, Division of Public Interest Advocacy, argued the cause for appellants (Joseph H. Rodriguez, Public Advocate, attorney).
Alvin Weiss argued the cause for respondents Clifford O. Anderson & Dorothy Anderson; Benjamin & Catherine Barnett, h/w; John A. Brown; Walter H. Brown & Catherine Brown, h/w; Andrew H. Campbell; H. Corbin Day; Samuel B. Fortenbaugh, Jr. & Katherine W. Fortenbaugh, h/w; Gregory Gibson; Mrs. Paul Hay; Edward H. Hein; Harold L. Herbert; Edward F. & Joan Van Johnson, h/w; Robert King; Edward McGrath & Elizabeth McGrath, h/w; Ann F. Mestres; Paul E. Parker & Catherine Parker, h/w; Philip D. Reed, Jr.; Estate of Eileen Rucker; George H. & Estelle M. Sands, h/w; Herman Schmitz; Joseph Shelby & Miriam Rohrer Shelby; David O. Tyson; James L. Tyson and Christine Wilder (Riker, Danzig, Scherer & Hyland, attorneys; Glenn Clark and Andrew Manshel, on the brief).
John R. Weigel argued the cause for respondents John A. Brown; Robert S. Corbin & Dorothy L. Corbin, h/w; Samuel B. Fortenbaugh, Jr. & Katherine W. Fortenbaugh, h/w; Max Habernickel, III & Gael S. Habernickel, h/w; J. Stuart Hill & Mary G. Hill, h/w; Ricardo A. Mestres, Jr.; George O. Nodyne & Anne K. Nodyne, h/w; Philip D. Reed, Jr. & Elizabeth B. Reed, h/w; Ferdinand W. Roebling, III; Carol C. Schmitz; George R. Schultz and Bruce B. Swenson & Nancy T. Swenson, h/w (John R. Weigel and Joseph M. Clayton, Jr., attorneys; Joseph M. Clayton, Jr., on the brief).
Richard H. Woods argued the cause for respondents Bay Head Improvement Association, etc.; John Bowman Delaney; George P. Egbert; Lester D. Egbert; Alfred E. Johnson, Jr.; Robert L. Johnson and Roberta Johnson, h/w; Helen Loblein; John Magee & Elizabeth Magee, h/w; Edith Wells Pardoe and Martha L. Van Emburgh (Schuman & Butz, attorneys).
Frank J. O'Brien submitted a letter brief, pro se.
Clyde A. Szuch submitted briefs, pro se (Clyde A. Szuch, attorney; J. Michael Nolan, Jr., Jeri E. Ruscoll and Peter A. Scarpato, on the briefs).
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by SCHREIBER, J.
The public trust doctrine acknowledges that the ownership, dominion and sovereignty over land flowed by tidal waters, which extend to the mean high water mark, is vested in the State in trust for the people. The public's right to use the tidal lands and water encompasses navigation, fishing and recreational uses, including bathing, swimming and other shore activities...
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