Legal Opinion
City of Atlantic City v. Cynwyd Investments
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 10, 1997PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
These appeals concern the validity of an acquisition of land by Atlantic City. (For convenience, we refer to the two appeals as one case.) The acquisition had the effect of creating a widened roadway that provides access to casino-related properties. There are two issues: (1) whether the ordinance authorizing the acquisition of the land with funds provided by an adjoining property owner complies with the Local Budget Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-57; and (2) whether the requirements under the Eminent Domain Act, N.J.S.A 20:3-6, for the City to have…
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