State v. Town of Morristown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCALERA, J.A.D.

The issue on this appeal concerns the extent of discovery available to a condemnee at various stages of an eminent domain proceeding. While we touched upon this issue partially in State by Com’r of Transp. v. Carroll, 234 N.J.Super. 37, 559 A.2d 1381 (App.Div.1989), certif. granted 118 N.J. 197, 570 A.2d 961 (1989), we did not fully resolve it.1

*159The property sought to be condemned amounts to some seven acres which is part of the 613 acre Morristown Airport and is needed to construct an interchange at Columbia Road for the Route 24…