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PATTERSON v. VERNON TP. COUNCIL

901 A.2d 411 (2006)

386 N.J. Super. 329

Richard A. PATTERSON and the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Indians of New Jersey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VERNON TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice (Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe) of the Washington, DC bar, admitted pro hac vice, for appellants (Deborah J. Israel and Gregory A. Werkheiser, on the brief).

Struble, Rangno, Petrie, Bonanno & MacMahon, Riverdale, for respondent (Joseph J. Ragno, Jr., on the brief).

Before Judge WEFING, WECKER and FUENTES.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WECKER, J.A.D.

This appeal presents an issue of first impression concerning the extent of the counsel fee award available to a prevailing party in an action brought under the Environmental Rights Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:35A-1 to -14 (the ERA). Specifically, the question before us is whether a counsel fee award is available for representation in listing the site in question in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places...

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