Chase Manhattan Bank v. Josephson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Anti-Eviction Act (“Act”), N.J.S. A 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, as amended by L. 1986, c. 138, protects tenants from eviction by foreclosing mortgagees unable to establish any of the statutory grounds for which eviction is authorized. See N.J.S.A 2A:18-61.1. More specifically, we consider whether the 1986 amendment to N.J.S.A 2A:18-61.3, which extended the' Act’s anti-eviction restrictions to “an owner’s or landlord’s successors in possession or ownership,” superseded this Court’s decision in…