CRAMER HILL RESIDENTS ASS'N, INC. v. PRIMAS


928 A.2d 61 (2007)

395 N.J. Super. 1

CRAMER HILL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, INC., Maria Calaf, Felipe Diaz, Nilda Diaz, Magda Jusino, Carmen Lopez, Marcos Lopez, George Murray, Darlene Figueroa, and Wanda Quiles, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Ablett Village Resident Association, Centennial Village Tenants' Action Council, Carmen Arce, Velletta Bailey, Carmen Barbosa, Teresa Belcher, James Blue, Elwood Brown, Donald Brown, Iris Capo, Shakia Carney, Kalisha Carter, Carmen Castro, Dolores Chapman, Ernestine Chase, Lydia Cintron, Maria Diaz, Carmen Flores, Latonya Ford, Babbette Gilbert, Lavern Gilchrist, Carmen Gonsalez, Aida Gonzalez, Karen Hairstone, Cheryl Hall, Sandra Hilton, Edna Hinkle, Demitron Hunter, Dawn Jenkins, Alleeish Jones, Sharon Joyce, Veronica Lovett, Elizabeth Malare, Eusenio Martinez, Virgilio Matias, Carmen Mendez, Ivelisse Mercado, Monique Mitchell, Rose Mitchell, Lakeisha Molock, Olga Morales, Sugeid Morales, Johanna Muniz, Katherine Muniz, Yolanda Nash, Belinda Norris, Ruth Oliveras, Yolanda Ortiz, Miguel Morales, Marisel Pabon, Phyllis Perry, Juanita Peters, Christine Peters, Deborah Phillips, Sharon Phillips, Carmen Planteny, Elizabeth Ponce, Floyd Pope, Jose Quinones, Samuel Reyes, Angel Rosa, Conrada Sanchez, Linnette Santiago, Teresa Santiago, Mary Simpson, Aricka Smith, Elicia Sosa, Nancy Surgick-Inge, Lisa Tatum, Luz Vasquez, Maria Villanueva, Ada Washington, Tony Whidbee, Carmen Acevedo, Hilda Ahart, Bernard Barfield, Teresa Berroa, Richard Brown, Hannah Brown, Carmen Cardona, Jesus Cordero, Mary Cortes, Linda Davis, Rebecca Garcia, Lester Grossnick, Margaret Grossnick, Michael Hagan, James Haulsey, Sara Hernandez, Clayton King, Mary Lewis, John Maher, Larraine Maher, Hector Martinez, Lisa Mellet, Philip Mills, Luz Pacheco, Luzi Reyes, Samuel Reyes, Ana Rivera, Catherine Rivera, Junel Rivera, Lidia Rivera, Carmen Santiago, Jose Santiago, Samuel Santiago, Jose Torres, Maria Acetty, Jose Gonzalez, Nelida Martinez, Vance Mcmanany, Wanda Nieves, Margarita Rivera, Sherman Robinson, Jesenia Roldan, Luz M. Serrano, Tiffany Whitehead, Maria Abuerto, Laura Sharon Baker, Sara Baldwin, Lisa Boswell, Laura Brown, Nicole Burgos, Margit Burkhaltiz, Mildred Caraballo, Cynthia Carter, Carmen Cintron, Jeanne Clark, Marilyn Clark, Gabriela Colon, Kevin Dorman, Carmen Figueroa, Carmen Garcie Correa, Elmer Hammond, Angel Isquierdo, Sheila Johnson, Delores Jones, Claribel Larios, Gertrude Lewis, Alberto Lopez, Norma Matos, Juanita McCoy, Aileen Medina, Kylene Medina, Sylvia Mercado, Sara Mojica, Delia Molina, Felicia Parker, Josefa Pagon, Edwina Pennington, Tiffany Pritchett, Luz Rentas, Jenythe Ruberte, Lucila Santiago, Leticia Santos, Michelle Seddens, Marisol Senquiz, Chekeya Streater, Daysi Tarqini, Genevieve Torres, Luz Torres, Belinda Vaneman, Betty Vazquez, Olga Vega, Joanna Villegas, Saka Watkins, Evelyn Whetstone, Connie Witcher, Lavenda Wynn, Patricia Wynn, Donna Young, Maria Zapata, Milagros Acosta, Alexander Hernandez, Madelaine Adderley, Bobby Barr, Santo Bonillo, Carmen Cabon, Constance Carstarphen, Danika Daniels, Phenesia Darby, Milagros Diaz, Sandra Gonzalez, Howard Hall, Irma Hernandez, Terri Johnson, Loretta Lee, Miriam Lopez, Luz Molina, Salvador Morales, Rosa Muller, Phoebe Munoz, Teresa Murray, Robert Muse, Nilda Ortega, Lisette Paneto, Linda Perry, Luz Ramos, Tammy Robinson, Ayda Rodriguez, Betsy Toro, Julio Vasquez, Zulma Vasquez, Latisha Williams, Susie Williams, Awilda Zayas, Plaintiffs, v. Melvin R. PRIMAS, City of Camden, City of Camden Planning Board, Camden City Council, Camden Redevelopment Agency, Economic Recovery Board for Camden, State of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents, and Cherokee Camden, LLC, Michaels Development Company, River Hayes Renewal Associates I, L.P., River Hayes Renewal Associates II, L.P., Intervenors/Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olga D. Pomar, Camden, argued the cause for appellants (South Jersey Legal Services, attorney; Ms. Pomar, Kenneth M. Goldman and David Podell, on the brief).

William J. DeSantis, Voorhees, argued the cause for respondents Melvin R. Primas and Camden Redevelopment Agency (Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, attorneys; Mr. DeSantis, of counsel and on the joint brief).

Lewis Wilson, Camden, attorney for respondent City of Camden, on the joint brief.

Calvin L. Fisher, Marlton, attorney for respondent Planning Board of the City of Camden, on the joint brief.

Daniel P. Reynolds, Senior Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents Economic Recovery Board of Camden and the State of New Jersey (Stuart Rabner, Attorney General, attorney; Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Reynolds, on the brief).

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Wisler, attorneys for intervenor-defendant Cherokee Camden, LLC, did not file a brief.

Baron & Riefberg, Voorhees, attorneys for intervenor-defendant W. Hargrove Recycling, Inc., did not file a brief.

Before Judges WINKELSTEIN, FUENTES and BAXTER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FUENTES, J.A.D.

Plaintiffs, a homeowner's association and individual homeowners affected by the City of Camden's intended redevelopment of an area known as Cramer Hill, appeal from the order of the trial court dismissing the one remaining count in their complaint in lieu of prerogative writs. This action was originally brought to challenge the City's proposed redevelopment plan. After extended litigation, the court...

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