EAST/WEST VENTURE v. FORT LEE


286 N.J. Super. 311 (1996)

669 A.2d 260

EAST/WEST VENTURE, A NEW YORK PARTNERSHIP, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, LOCATED IN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND THE BOROUGH OF EDGEWATER, INTERVENOR-APPELLANT, AND RIVER RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., INTERVENOR. EDWARD BOJEKIAN AND FLORENCE BOJEKIAN, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. FORT LEE PLANNING BOARD, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, EAST/WEST VENTURE, A PARTNERSHIP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE COUNTY OF BERGEN AND RIVER RIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided January 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Regan argued the cause for intervenor-appellant Borough of Edgewater (Mr. Regan on the brief).

Frederick L. Bernstein argued the cause for appellants Edward and Florence Bojekian (Frederick L. Bernstein, P.A., attorney; Mr. Bernstein, on the brief).

Henry A. Hill argued the cause for respondent East/West Venture (Hill Wallack, attorneys; Stephen Eisdorfer, on the brief).

Frederic S. Kessler argued the cause for respondents Borough of Fort Lee and Mayor and Council of the Borough of Fort Lee (Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, attorneys; Mr. Kessler, of counsel and on the brief).

No briefs were filed by the remaining respondents.

Before Judges HAVEY, D'ANNUNZIO & CONLEY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by HAVEY, P.J.A.D.

In this Mount Laurel1 builder's remedy litigation, the trial judge, after a "fairness" hearing, approved a settlement agreement between plaintiff East/West Venture (East/West) and defendants Borough of Fort Lee, its Planning Board and the County of Bergen. The agreement represents a substantial component of Fort Lee's compliance...

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