Highlands case dismissed

A developer in Liberty NJ was suing to have the Highlands Act overthrown because it was developed with incomplete data and included/excluded some specific properties based on political favoritism.

A judge threw out the case today apparently preventing the case reaching a full-blown trial. The Real-Time News at NJ.com reports:

But the judge said the right question is whether the law has a rational basis, "not whether every property that was excluded or included was property placed." As a whole, the Highlands Act "has a legitimate purpose and rational means of achieving that purpose," he said.

Tomorrow's papers may have a few more details on the implications, but it certainly won't be the end of contention surrounding the Highlands of NJ.

(The photo was taken by former RU student Jenna Paulowski)