More On New Jersey's "Bizarre Condemnation"

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 court to consider whether the borough stole a beachfront parcel from them after the great northeaster of 1962.

Edward and Nancy Klumpp's Nantucket-style home on 75th Street was destroyed by the infamous storm. The couple looked into rebuilding the home over the years, and in 1997 applied for a coastal permit.

By then, the borough had built an extensive network of dunes along 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 also have vacant beachfront lots in private hands, Mayor Martin Pagliughi 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.