Monday, February 06, 2006

Twin Rivers ruling to be announced tomorrow
From the website of the New Jersey Court System:

EXPECTED APPELLATE OPINIONS for
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
PUBLISHED OPINIONS
A-4047-03T2 ** COMMITTEE FOR A BETTER TWIN RIVERS, ET AL.
VS. TWIN RIVERS HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION,
ET AL.
(MERCER COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)


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I am very optimistic that the Appellate Court will do the right thing. As many readers know, I served as the expert witness for the Committee for a Better Twin Rivers. The New Jersey branch of the ACLU, in the person of elite constitutional litigator Frank Askin (director of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic at the Rutgers Law School), has done a tremendous job on this case. The CBTR seeks to establish that city-like HOAs should be held subject to certain provisions of the New Jersey Constitution. It would be a major step in advancing the rights of HOA residents in New Jersey, and if the precedent can be followed elsewhere, perhaps nationwide. I'll be watching and waiting for this decision tomorrow. Cross your fingers.

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