DINKY WOODS v. WEST WINDSOR


291 N.J. Super. 325 (1996)

677 A.2d 289

FRIENDS OF THE DINKY WOODS, NANCY L. BENNETT AND GREGOR Z. HAVKIN, HOWARD E. ELDRIDGE AND BRAITH A. ELDRIDGE, REBECCA A. ISEMAN AND RONALD E. VANGI, STUART H. JOHNSTON AND ALISON JOHNSTON, ALBERT MCGRIGOR, MICHAEL V. PIRONE AND JOANNE E. PIRONE, JAMES MOELLER AND TAMERRA MOELLER AND LORRAINE OSBORNE AND RALPH OSBORNE, PLAINTIFFS, v. TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR AND PLANNING BOARD OF TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR, DEFENDANTS. MERCER MALL PROPERTY GROUP, PLAINTIFF, v. WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF WEST WINDSOR, AND WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD, DEFENDANTS, v. HENDON PROPERTY ASSOCIATES, L.P., DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Mercer County.

Decided January 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Bliss, Jr., for plaintiffs Friends of the Dinky Woods, et al. (Mr. Bliss and James F. Scherwin on the brief).

Jonathan I. Epstein, for plaintiff Mercer Mall Property Group (Drinker Biddle & Reath, attorneys; Mr. Epstein, Christine Cartwright, and Charles B. Liebling on the brief).

Gerald J. Muller, for defendant West Windsor Township Planning Board (Miller, Porter & Muller, P.C., attorneys; Mr. Muller on the brief).

Eric M. Bernstein, for defendant Township of West Windsor (Weiner Lesniak, attorneys; Mr. Bernstein on the brief).

Ross A. Lewin, for defendant-intervenor Hendon Property Associates, L.P. (Jamieson, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, attorneys; Mr. Lewin, Mark A. Solomon, Christopher K. Costa and Gregory Mandak on the brief).


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