INGANAMORT v. FORT LEE


131 N.J. Super. 558 (1974)

330 A.2d 640

JOHN F. INGANAMORT, MICHAEL J. INGANAMORT, LA SALLE CONTRACTING CORP., A JOINT VENTURE TRADING AS MEDITERRANEAN TOWERS, ALEXANDER SUMMER, TRUSTEE UNDER LINWOOD BUILDINGS NO. 1 THROUGH 13, ROBERT SLATER AND BRUCE SLATER, A PARTNERSHIP TRADING AS SLATER ASSOCIATES, HARRY B. HELMSLEY AND ALVIN SCHWARTZ, GENERAL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TRADING AS HORIZON HOUSE ASSOCIATES, AND FORT LEE TAXPAYERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS' COMMITTEE, PLAINTIFFS, v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BOROUGH OF FORT LEE AND RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, DEFENDANTS. HELMSLEY-SPEAR, INC., MANAGING AGENT FOR HORIZON HOUSE ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFF, v. RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, JACK ADLER, ROGER HILTON, TERRY PARKER AND FRIDA PARKER, HIS WIFE, EDWARD S. ZORN, LEW RASKIN, DAVID ROSS, ARTHUR BAUM AND ROSE HENRI BAUM, HIS WIFE, DEFENDANTS. HELMSLEY-SPEAR, INC., MANAGING AGENT FOR HORIZON HOUSE ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFF, v. RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, LEONARD RUSKIEWICZ, MARTIN SILVERSTEIN, MARCO CANNALONGA, GILBERT WYLAND AND MARY WYLAND, HIS WIFE, MARTIN ROFFMAN, GERALD BUXBAUM, MILTON WASSERBERGER & BLANCHE WASSERBERGER, HIS WIFE, CHARLES GEIER, FRANK VOGEL, FREDA MESSINGER & LEONIA JONES, DEFENDANTS. HELMSLEY-SPEAR, INC., MANAGING AGENT FOR HORIZON HOUSE ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFF, v. RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, DAVID B. GOLDSTEIN, MOLLIE NUSSBAUM, MICHAEL DE MASI, THOMAS FLANAGAN & MAY FLANAGAN, HIS WIFE, WILLIAM BRONSON, ELLEN B. ROBB, JOSEPH WEISSMAN, HAROLD ZIMMERMAN & MYRNA ZIMMERMAN, HIS WIFE, AND MURRAY SCHWARTZ, DEFENDANTS. ALEXANDER SUMMER, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, BOROUGH OF FORT LEE AND ROBERT HEINER, DEFENDANTS. JOHN F. INGANAMORT, MICHAEL J. INGANAMORT, LA SALLE CONTRACTING CORP., A JOINT VENTURE t/a MEDITERRANEAN TOWERS, HARRY B. HELMSLEY AND ALVIN SCHWARTZ, GENERAL PARTNERS OF A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP t/a HORIZON HOUSE ASSOCIATES, R.R.H. & ASSOCIATES, A PARTNERSHIP t/a CARRIAGE HOUSE, SLATER ASSOCIATES, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, t/a PRESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS, CENTER AVE. REALTY INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, t/a CRYSTAL HOUSE, PEMBROKE DEVELOPERS, A PARTNERSHIP t/a PEMBROKE OF FORT LEE, GEORGE ROTHMAN, IRA GROSSMAN, HELENA CANTOR, SANDRA FEINMAN, AND KAREN WAXBERG t/a REGENCY TOWER, A PARTNERSHIP, CHARLES LUPPINO AND ROSARIO LUPPINO, A PARTNERSHIP, t/a HAMPSHIRE HOUSE, TAMBURELLI PROPERTIES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY t/a BELLA VISTA APARTMENTS, NEW JERSEY REALTY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY t/a PALISADE GARDENS APARTMENTS, AMERICANA ASSOCIATES, INC., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY t/a COLONY HOUSE APARTMENTS, WINCHESTER ASSOCIATES, TERRACE ASSOCIATES, WHITE MANOR ASSOCIATES, AND DEARVILLE TOWERS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RIVERVIEW REALTY CO., A PARTNERSHIP OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY t/a RIVERVIEW TOWERS APARTMENTS, PLAINTIFFS, v. THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, A MUNICIPAL AND BODY POLITIC OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE AND RENT LEVELING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided December 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard F. Aronsohn for plaintiffs John F. Inganamort, et als (Messrs. Aronsohn, Kahn & Springstead, attorneys).

Mr. Francis B. Rusch for plaintiffs Helmsley-Spear, Inc. and Alexander Summer, Inc.

Mr. Armand Pohan for defendants Borough of Fort Lee and Mayor and Council of Borough of Fort Lee (Messrs. McCarter & English, attorneys).

Mr. Robert Fuchs for defendant Rent Leveling Board of the Borough of Fort Lee (Messrs. Fuchs & Altschul, attorneys).


SMITH, HARVEY, J.C.C., Temporarily Assigned.

This is a consolidation of six separate actions instituted by numerous owners of multi-family residences seeking to invalidate Fort Lee Rent Levelling Ordinance 74-26 and to overturn the actions of the Fort Lee Rent Levelling Board.

The ordinance in question purported to amend Ordinance 72-1 by limiting the landlord's maximum allowable rent increase per year to 2 1/2% of the previous 12 month rent charged for the...

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