INGANAMORT, ET AL. v. BOR. OF FORT LEE, ET AL.,


62 N.J. 521 (1973)

303 A.2d 298

JOHN F. INGANAMORT, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. FORT LEE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OPPOSED TO RENT CONTROL, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. CONTINENTAL GARDENS, INC., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. BOROUGH OF RIVER EDGE, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS. JUSTIN C. HARRIS AND STEPHEN SHILOWITZ, EXECUTORS, ETC., PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. MAYOR, ETC., TOWNSHIP OF NORTH BERGEN, ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur J. Sills argued the cause for appellants Inganamort, et al. (Mr. Clive S. Cummis, on the brief; Messrs. Sills, Beck, Cummis, Radin and Tischman, attorneys).

Mr. Gerald E. Monaghan argued the cause for respondents Fort Lee, et al. (Mr. William V. Breslin, on the brief; Messrs. Breslin and Monaghan, attorneys).

Mr. Richard E. Blumberg argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Tenants' Organization (Mr. W. Dennis Keating, of the D.C. bar, Mr. Allan David Heskin, of the California bar, and Mr. Carl S. Bisgaier, on the brief and of counsel; Mr. Blumberg and Mr. John D. Atlas, attorneys).

Mr. Sheppard A. Guryan argued the cause for appellants Continental Gardens, et al., and respondents Harris, et al. (Messrs. Lasser, Lasser, Sarokin and Hochman, attorneys).

Mr. Ned J. Parsekian argued the cause for respondent Borough of River Edge (Mr. Melvin R. Solomon, on the brief; Messrs. Parsekian and Ferro, attorneys).

Mr. Peter M. Mocco and Mr. Joseph V. Cullum argued the cause for appellants Mayor, etc., North Bergen, et al.

Mr. Richard W. Kracht argued the cause for amici curiae New Jersey Builders Association, et al. (Messrs. Hutt and Berkow, attorneys).

Mr. Robert Feldman filed a brief on behalf of plaintiff-intervenor-respondent Belfer Realty Associates (Messrs. Wolfberg, Elgart, Schwartz, Van Sickle and Feldman, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by WEINTRAUB, C.J.

The single question is whether a municipality has the power to adopt a rent control ordinance. In the Fort Lee and River Edge cases the ordinances were upheld, 120 N.J.Super. 286 (Law Div. 1972); in the North Bergen case the ordinance was struck down. The decisions followed upon different readings of

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