Monday, February 16, 2004

Twin Rivers decision tomorrow...
I have it on the best authority that the much-anticipated ruling on the Twin Rivers litigation will be announced to the parties tomorrow (Tuesday, 2/17) at noon. The decision will be released to the press on Wednesday. Stay tuned...

The judge will be deciding whether or not the New Jersey state constitution restricts the activities of "private" homeowner associations that are (in the plaintiffs' view) the functional equivalent of a municipality. If he rules for the plaintiffs, it would be a watershed event in the history of HOAs.

In the interest of full disclosure, I have been arguing in print since 1985 for this basic position, and as the expert witness for the plaintiffs in the Twin Rivers case (the Committee for a Better Twin Rivers) I also have an interest in seeing the side I support win the case.