STATE v. NORTH BEACH 1003, LLC

Not in source.

166 A.3d 239 (2017)

451 N.J.Super. 214

STATE of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. NORTH BEACH 1003, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, Defendant-Appellant, and State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, Division of Taxation, Defendant. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Shanin Specter and Tracey Specter, Defendants-Appellants, and GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation or its successor, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas R. Kline, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Robert S. Hekemian, Defendant-Appellant, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware foreign profit corporation, or its successor, as nominee for TD Bank, N.A., Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard Carolan and Tina Carolan, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jeanette F. Frankenberg and Louis Campisano, Defendants-Appellants, and The Provident Bank, a New Jersey domestic limited liability company, or its successor, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Beverly T. Cammarano Qualified Personal Residence Trust, Beverly T. Cammarano and Robert J. Cammarano as co-trustees, Defendants-Appellants, and Bank of America, N.A., Defendant. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Barbara J. Weldon, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Colleen M. Rowe and Kelly A. Rowe, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Kevin Klingert and Krislyn Klingert, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patricia Roberts Trust, Patricia Roberts as trustee, and Scott Gusmer, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. David Castelblanco and Laura Engelhardt, Defendants-Appellants, and First Republic Bank, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Richard Malouf and Marilyn Malouf, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Frederick Smith, Sandra S. Holder-Brown as trustee for Sandra S. Holder-Brown Trust, and DEBORAH A. SMITH, Defendants-Appellants, and Santander Bank, N.A., Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Michael Van Kralingen and Sandra Miller as trustees of the Van Kralingen Residence Trust II, Defendants-Appellants, and 0.238-Acres of Land in The Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey and Investors Savings Bank, Defendants-Respondents. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dennis La Plante and Catherine. La Plante, Defendants-Appellants, and 0.232-Acres of Land in The Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, M & T Bank Corporation, as successor to Hudson City Savings Bank, and U.S. Small Business Administration, Defendants-Respondents. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Courtney M. Alesso and John A. Alexy, co-trustees of the Courtney M. Alesso 2012 Trust, Defendants-Appellants, and 0.259-Acres of Land In The Borough of Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Minalkumar A. Patel Living Trust, Minalkumar A. Patel and Asra Warsi as trustees, and Asra Warsi Living Trust, Minalkumar A. Patel and Asra Warsi as trustees, Defendants-Appellants. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Neil Kahanovitz and Suzanne Kahanovitz, Defendants-Appellants, and Manasquan Savings Bank, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jill P. Giles Revocable Trust, Jill P. Giles, as trustee, Defendants-Appellants, and Manasquan Savings Bank, Defendant-Respondent. Nina Ritter, Sharon Cruz, Lawrence E. Bathgate, II, Austin Fragomen and Gwendolyn Fragomen, SMATCO, LP, Ann F. Mestres, Lowell Millar and Jennifer Millar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Raymond Braun and Jayne K. Braun, Defendants-Appellants, and New York Community Bancorp, Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas Buckley and Karen Buckley, Defendants-Appellants, and TD Bank North, Inc., d/b/a TD Bank, N.A., Defendant-Respondent. State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gerard Losurdo and Nina Losurdo, Defendants-Appellants, and U.S. Bank, N.A., Defendant-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Heiart argued the cause for appellants North Beach 1003, L.L.C., Shanin Specter and Tracey Specter, Thomas R. Kline, Robert S. Hekemian, and Richard Carolan and Tina Carolan (Carlin & Ward, P.C., attorneys; Mr. Heiart, on the briefs).

Mark S. Winter argued the cause for appellants Jeanette F. Frankenberg and Louis Campisano (Stern Lavinthal Frankenberg & Norgaard, L.L.C., attorneys; Mr. Winter, on the briefs).

John H. Buonocore, Jr. and Anthony F. DellaPelle argued the cause for appellants Beverly T. Cammarano Qualified Personal Residence Trust, Beverly T. Cammarano and Robert J. Cammarano as co-trustees, Barbara J. Weldon, Colleen M. Rowe and Kelly A. Rowe, Kevin Klingert and Krislyn Klingert, Patricia Roberts Trust, Patricia Roberts as trustee, and Scott Gusmer, David Castelblanco and Laura Engelhardt, Richard Malouf and Marilyn Malouf, Frederick Smith, Sandra S. Holder-Brown as trustee for Sandra S. Holder-Brown Trust and Deborah A. Smith, Michael Van Kralingen and Sandra Miller as trustees of the Van Kralingen Residence Trust II, Dennis La Plante and Catherine La Plante, Courtney M. Alesso and John A. Alexy, co-trustees of the Courtney M. Alesso 2012 Trust, Minalkumar A. Patel Living Trust, Minalkumar A. Patel and Asra Warsi as trustees, Asra Warsi Living Trust, Minalkumar A. Patel and Asra Warsi as trustees, Neil Kahanovitz and Suzanne Kahanovitz, Jill P. Giles Revocable Trust, Jill P. Giles as trustee, Nina Ritter, Sharon Cruz, Lawrence E. Bathgate, II, Austin Fragomen and Gwendolyn Fragomen, SMATCO, L.P., Ann F. Mestres, Lowell Millar and Jennifer Millar, Raymond Braun and Jayne K. Braun, Thomas Buckley and Karen Buckley, and Gerard Losurdo and Nina Losurdo (McKirdy & Riskin, P.A., attorneys; Mr. Buonocore and Mr. Della-Pelle, on the briefs).

David C. Apy , Assistant Attorney General, and Ronald L. Perl , argued the cause for respondent Department of Environmental Protection ( Christopher S. Porrino , Attorney General, and Hill Wallack, L.L.P., attorneys; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; David S. Frankel , Kristina L. Miles , Bruce A. Velzy , Deputy Attorneys General, and Dale Laster Lessne , on the brief).

Before Judges Yannotti, Fasciale, and Gilson.


These consolidated appeals present the questions whether the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has the authority to condemn private property to take perpetual easements for shore protection purposes and whether the easements can allow public access to, and use of, the...

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