The Town of Bloomfield, a Municipal Corporation in the County of Essex, Appellant v. New Jersey Highway Authority…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the New Jersey Highway Authority is not subject to municipal zoning ordinances when constructing service areas along the Garden State Parkway, dismissing the Town of Bloomfield's injunction and declaration request. The Court based its decision on the statutory intent to immunize the Authority from local regulation, and a dissent by Chief Justice Vanderbilt argued the opposite, contending that the Authority's service areas are proprietary functions subject to zoning.