Hutton Park Gardens, a Partnership, Plaintiff-Respondent, and Hutton Lafayette Apartments Company and Rockledge…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the West Orange and Wayne Township rent‑control ordinances are not facially unconstitutional as confiscatory or arbitrary, affirming the appellate decision in the Wayne case and reversing the trial court in the West Orange case, and remanded both for further proceedings. Justice Conpoed, concurring, agreed with the result but objected to the majority’s reliance on public‑utility rate cases in discussing the fair‑return standard.