J.W. FIELD CO., INC. v. FRANKLIN TP.


204 N.J. Super. 445 (1985)

499 A.2d 251

J.W. FIELD COMPANY, INC. AND JACK W. FIELD, PLAINTIFFS, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, PLANNING BOARD OF TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP SEWERAGE AUTHORITY AND STONY BROOK REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, DEFENDANTS. JZR ASSOCIATES, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. FLAMA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. WOODBROOK DEVELOPMENT CORP., PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. WHITESTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. BRENER ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. RAKECO DEVELOPERS, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. JOHN H. VAN CLEEF, SR., JOHN E. VAN CLEEF, JR. AND BONNIE VAN CLEEF, PLAINTIFFS, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. LEO MINDEL, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. R.A.S. LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS. JOPS COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, ET ALS, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Mount Laurel II.

Decided January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Frizell for plaintiffs J.W. Field Company, Inc., Jack W. Field, Woodbrook Development Corp. and R.A.S. Land Development Company, Inc. (Frizell & Pozycki, attorneys).

Francis P. Linnus for plaintiff JZR Associates, Inc. (Lanfrit & Linnus, attorneys).

Frederick C. Mezey for plaintiff Flama Construction Corporation, (Mezey & Mezey, attorneys).

Herbert J. Silver for plaintiff Whitestone Construction Corporation.

Guliet D. Hirsch for plaintiff Brener Associates (Brener, Wallack & Hill, attorneys).

Douglas K. Wolfson for plaintiff Rakeco Developers, Inc. (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Bergstein, attorneys).

Emil H. Philibosian for plaintiffs John J. Van Cleef, Sr., John E. Van Cleef, Jr. and Bonnie Van Cleef.

Stewart M. Hutt for plaintiff Leo Mindel (Hutt, Berkow, Hollander & Jankowski, attorneys).

Allen Russ for plaintiff Jops Company.

Thomas J. Cafferty for defendant Franklin Township (McGimpsey & Cafferty, attorneys).

Dennis A. Auciello for defendant Franklin Township Planning Board.


SERPENTELLI, J.S.C.

This Mount Laurel case requires the court to establish the priority of builder's remedies among several plaintiffs whose offer to build low and moderate housing exceeds the fair share number of the municipality.

Eleven complaints seeking a builder's remedy were filed within a time span of approximately six months and eight of them were filed in the first three months of the litigation...

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