AMERADA HESS CORP. v. BURLINGTON COUNTY PLANNING BOARD

A-41 September Term 2007

951 A.2d 970 (2008)

195 N.J. 616

AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, now known as Hess Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BURLINGTON COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony T. Drollas, Jr., Trenton, argued the cause for appellant (Capehart Scatchard, attorneys).

Donna M. Jennings, Woodbridge, argued the cause for respondent (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, attorneys).


Justice LONG delivered the opinion of the Court.

At issue on this appeal is the meaning of N.J.S.A. 40:27-6.7, a provision of the County Planning Act (CPA) that directs that a completed land use application is automatically deemed approved if the county planning board fails to take official action within thirty days, or within sixty days if both the municipal planning board and the applicant consent. There is no provision in the CPA for an extension of those...

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