More about Klumpp v. Borough of Avalon, the decision from New Jersey’s Appellate Division which held that the government can assert inverse condemnation in order to take property without compensation.
In Avalon stole land, appeal to New Jersey high court claims, the Atlantic City paper reports on the case:
A Moorestown couple is asking the state’s highest courtto consider whether the borough stole a beachfront parcel from themafter the great northeaster of 1962.
Edward and Nancy Klumpp’s Nantucket-style home on 75th Streetwas destroyed by the infamous storm. The couple looked intorebuilding the home over the years, and in 1997 applied for acoastal permit.
By then, the borough had built an extensive network of dunesalong the ocean to protect people from future coastal storms.
The case has resonated among coastal towns across New Jersey.Avalon has fielded calls from a dozen other beach towns that alsohave vacant beachfront lots in private hands, Mayor MartinPagliughi said.
Read the entire article here.
Earlier this week, the New Jersey Law Journal called the appellate court’s decision “a bizarre condemnation.” We posted the Klumpps’ petition for review here.