Legal Opinion
Joel v. Morrocco
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 26, 1997PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
This appeal concerns an application of the entire controversy doctrine. The essential question is whether a party making a judicial challenge to zoning approvals granted to a partnership must name in that land-use suit the individual partners in the partnership as a precondition to later enforcement of a money settlement against the partners. We find that joinder of the partners was not necessary to the resolution of the zoning suit and that the individual partners may not invoke the entire controversy doctrine as a defense to their liability…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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