Case Name: EDMUND T. KARAM AND BARBARA KARAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, AND PETER DIBIAGIO AND LAURA DIBIAGIO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ROBERT C. SHINN, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT
Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1999-02-24
Citations: 157 N.J. 187
Docket Number: 
Parties: EDMUND T. KARAM AND BARBARA KARAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, AND PETER DIBIAGIO AND LAURA DIBIAGIO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ROBERT C. SHINN, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Reports
Volume: 157
Pages: 187–188

Head Matter:
723 A.2d 943
EDMUND T. KARAM AND BARBARA KARAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, AND PETER DIBIAGIO AND LAURA DIBIAGIO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, INTERVENORS-APPELLANTS, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ROBERT C. SHINN, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS, AND CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT.
Argued February 1, 1999 —
Decided February 24, 1999.
Richard M. Hinchan, argued the cause for appellants (Levin & Hinchan, attorneys; Richard S. Morrison, on the briefs).
Alyssa Pearlman Wolfe, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents (Peter Vemiero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).
Michael J. Gross, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae, National Association of Home Builders (Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, attorneys).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed, substantially for the reasons expressed in Judge Baime's opinion of the Appellate Division, reported at 308 N.J.Super. 225, 705 A.2d 1221 (1998).
For affirmance — Chief Justice PORITZ and justices HANDLER, POLLOCK, O'HERN, GARIBALDI, STEIN, and COLEMAN — 7.
Opposed — None.