RIGGS v. LONG BEACH TP.


109 N.J. 601 (1988)

538 A.2d 808

CHARLES J. RIGGS, VIRGINIA RIGGS, HIS WIFE; AND ISLAND HOMES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. TOWNSHIP OF LONG BEACH, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Grossman argued the cause for appellants (Grossman & Kruttschnitt, attorneys; Steven F. Nemeth, on the brief).

Granville D. Magee argued the cause for respondent (Magee and Graham, attorneys; Philip G. Pagano, on the brief).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.

The dispositive issue in this case, which is before us for the second time, is whether the Township of Long Beach enacted the challenged zoning ordinance for a valid purpose. Originally, the Law Division held in 1983 that the ordinance (81-1C) was "undeniably unreasonable and arbitrary and hence void as unconstitutional." In an unreported opinion in 1984, the Appellate Division reversed and remanded because the...

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