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1 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a9813annavmarisela.opn.html -- rank: 1000

... the Court considers whether the Anti-Eviction Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12 -- which permits the “owner of a ... the owner intends to “personally occupy a unit,” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(l)(3) -- can be applied to remove a tenant from ... to quit. Plaintiff demanded possession of 626 Court Street under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(l)(3), asserting that the unit was a single-family ... trial court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint. The court reasoned that N.J.S.A. 2A:18- 61.1(l)(3) was not applicable to 626 Court Street because ... s decision. The majority held that plaintiff could not invoke N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(l)(3) because plaintiff owned a total of six residential ... the word “building,” considered in the context of N.J.S.A. 2A:18- 61.1(l)(3), referred to the entire property, not just ...

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2 Anna Mae Cashin v. Marisela Bello -- rank: 997

... the Court considers whether the Anti-Eviction Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12 -- which permits the “owner of a ... the owner intends to “personally occupy a unit,” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1( l )(3) -- can be applied to remove a tenant from ... to quit. Plaintiff demanded possession of 626 Court Street under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1( l )(3), asserting that the unit was a single-family ... complaint for possession of the apartment on April 2, 2012. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1( l )(3) was not applicable to 626 Court Street because ... s decision. The majority held that plaintiff could not invoke N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1( l )(3) because plaintiff owned a total of six residential ... the word “building,” considered in the context of N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1( l )(3), referred to the entire property, not just ...

docket:	A-98-13
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2015-10-07
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citation:	223 N.J. 328 123 A.3d 1042
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3 THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK V. MR. AND MRS. SEYMOUR JOSEPHSON -- rank: 932

... protecting blameless tenants from eviction. Moreover, the amended language of N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, as amended by L. 1986, c. 138 ... of the statutory grounds for which eviction is authorized. See N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1. More specifically, we consider whether the 1986 amendment to 85 ... ed. 1988) (hereinafter Moynihan). ����That general principle was reflected in N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.a to -61.1.f, -61.1n to -61.1p ... from the rental market to cooperative or condominium ownership, see N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.g to -61.1 l . Section 4 of the Act ... of any premises * * * except for good cause as defined in [ N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1]." See N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.3, amended ... the landlord-tenant relationship, see id. at 623-25 (citing N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.4), and that the proscription in section ...

docket:	a-22-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-04-13
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citation:	135 N.J. 209
Document Size:	111875

4 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF MORRISTOWN V. CATHY LITTLE -- rank: 799

... STEIN, J. ����The issue presented by this appeal is whether N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.a. The court also issued a warrant of removal. See ... remedy. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-53 to -60. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 limits the grounds for which residential tenants may be evicted ... tenant has been disorderly or has damaged the premises. See N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.b and c. No such evidence was adduced before the ...

docket:	a-54-93
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1994-04-11
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citation:	135 N.J. 274
Document Size:	54824

5 Robert Maglies v. Estate of Bertha Guy, et al. -- rank: 779

... Court addresses whether New Jersey’s Anti-Eviction Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, allows the causeless eviction of a daughter ... we address whether New Jersey’s Anti-Eviction Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, allows the causeless eviction of a daughter ... of one of the following grounds as good cause.” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1. Seventeen grounds for eviction are enumerated, including nonpayment of rent ... legal representatives of such lessee[s] or tenant[s].” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1. Maglies relies on the fact that the Act does not ... is entitled to the protections of the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to���� -61.12 (the Act). In my view, the majority ... of one of the following grounds as good cause . . . .” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 (emphasis added). The Act, therefore, by its terms, applies ...

docket:	a-50-06
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decided:	2007-12-12
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citation:	193 N.J. 108
Document Size:	133739

6 LYNN BERNSTEIN v. MICHAEL SHULMAN -- rank: 770

... an illegal occupancy in a residential rental premises pursuant to [ N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(g)(3)], and the municipality in which the rental premises ... claim for possession on the grounds of non-occupancy under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(e). Equally essential was the second Landlord-Tenant judge 's ...

docket:	a5546-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-04-01
status:	Unpublished
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7 SUMMIT PLAZA ASSOCIATES v. RAGEE KOLTA -- rank: 763

... amount. As a result, plaintiff filed an eviction action under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(a), for failure to pay rent, and N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f), for failure to pay rent after a rent increase ... embodied in New Jersey's Anti-Eviction Act, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f), prohibiting eviction when the increase is 'unconscionable.' Defendants argued ... 246.1 and Section 246.21 did not apply to N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f) because the statute was not a rent control law ... circumstances worsened. II. On appeal, defendants renew their contention that N.J.S.A. 2A:18- 61.1(f) is not preempted by federal law, and assert the ... 1995). Here, we agree with the judge's determination that N.J.S.A. 2A:18- 61.1(f) is preempted by federal law under the Supremacy ...

docket:	a1305-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2020-02-20
status:	Published
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8 J.M.J. NEW JERSEY PROPERTIES, INC. v. MAGDY M. KHUZAM, et al. -- rank: 758

... response to a rental housing shortage, the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12 (Act), limited evictions of tenants to reasonable ... to whom there is no statutory cause for eviction under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.'" Ibid. (quoting Center Ave. Realty, Inc. v. Smith , 264 N ... owner-occupied dwellings with no more than two rental units, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, the issue was whether the dwelling was automatically exempt from ... the meaning and intendment of that phrase as used in N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1." Id. at 434. We reasoned that even though the statute ... newly purchased premises from the rental housing market [pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(h)], or running the risk and vagaries of a not 'unconscionable rent increase' [pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(f)], or waiting for a 'good cause' situation to ...

docket:	A0477-02
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2004-01-09
status:	published
citation:	365 N.J. Super. 325 839 A.2d 102
Document Size:	28789

9 State of New Jersey v. Gene Hinton -- rank: 755

... mobile home park or tenement leased for residential purposes.” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1. 3 The statute defines grounds for dispossession including, among others ... to pay rent due and owing under the lease,” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(a), disorderly conduct that, after notice to cease, “destroy ... peace and quiet of the occupants or other tenants,” N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b), and substantial violation or breach of the terms of the lease, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(e). Jurisdiction to grant the statutory remedy is contingent upon ... with his mother. Arguably, the New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, provided Hinton with a basis to remain ...

docket:	A-3-12
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2013-10-24
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10 BAYONNE HOUSING AUTHORITY v. ORASHA WILKES -- rank: 746

... 2020, the Authority filed an eviction action against defendant under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(d) and (e)(1) for violations of the lease. A ... the Authority failed to serve a notice to cease under N.J.S.A. 2A:18- 61.1(d) and (e)(1); the Authority's complaint failed to plead a claim under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(e)(2); the NTQf was legally inadequate; the judge failed ... to comply with the requirements of the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, and Rule 6:3-4(c). Specifically ... Authority complied with the requirements of the Anti-Eviction Act. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(e)(2) governs the removal of residential tenants who live ... public housing authority seeks possession of a unit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(e)(2), based on illegal activities that already occurred, ...

docket:	a1503-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-05-22
status:	Unpublished
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11 HILLSIDE VILLAGE v. SANDRA SMITH -- rank: 734

... that it had jurisdiction under the Anti-Eviction Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12, to consider the matter because plaintiff had ... court found that plaintiff established good-cause for eviction under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(c), because it proved that defendant caused damage to her ... 20, 2015, plaintiff served defendant with the Notice required by N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(c) and N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2 ... negligent damage or destruction to the premises in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(c), and consequently you must now make arrangements to quit ... possession under the Act based upon damage to the apartment. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(c) authorizes a tenant's eviction for causing damage to ... caused or allowed" such damage. 4 "The legislative intent of N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(c) requires actual damage to the landlord's property ...

docket:	a0252-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-01-31
status:	unpublished
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12 Kona Miah v. Shiraj Ahmed -- rank: 717

... A. In 1993, the Legislature amended the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12 (Act), in response to a ruling by ...

docket:	a-1-03
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decided:	2004-05-11
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13 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/appellate/a3007-12motionopn.opn.html -- rank: 715

... days prior to the filing of the complaint complied with N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b) (requiring "one month's" prior notice). Ibid. We specifically ...

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14 CAHN ESTATES v. FACUNDO SANCHEZ -- rank: 712

... and a simple assault of the landlord's employee. Under N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, both acts would constitute grounds for eviction. After a review ... The tenant first claims that under the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 to -61.12. ("the Act"), the trial court did not ... Act requires a dismissal of the action. Id. at 123. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b) provides a ground for eviction if "[t]he person ... occupants or other tenants living in said house or neighborhood." N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b). Here, the landlord's notice of April 26, 2013 ... on "disorderly conduct" requires a prior written notice to cease. N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b). The landlord does not argue that the notice to ... dog barking, were properly dismissed by the trial court. See N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1(b); see also Carteret , supra , 49 N.J. at ...

docket:	a6024-12
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-06-11
status:	Published
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15 Community Realty Management, Inc., for Wrightstown Arms Apartments v. Nedra Harris -- rank: 708

... cause,� a requirement for eviction under the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, or provide an affidavit to evict pro se tenants; (2 ... at 545. ����Nonetheless, the HUD Handbook, the Anti-Eviction Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1, the Summary Dispossess Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:18 ... submit an affidavit establishing the jurisdictional good cause required by N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 prior to the entry of a consent judgment or agreement ...

docket:	a-82-97
court:	njsupreme
decided:	1998-07-20
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citation:	155 N.J. 212
Document Size:	82764