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LESSER v. CITY OF CAPE MAY

Civil Action No. 99-5575 (JAP).

110 F.Supp.2d 303 (2000)

Frances D. LESSER, George Lesser, Barbara Skinner, Janet Skinner, Bruce Minnix, Corinne Minnix, Fred Wilson, Alice Steer Wilson, Martin Pyle, and Hannah Pyle, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF CAPE MAY, in its capacity as designee of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Honorable William G. Gaffney, as Mayor of The City of Cape May, Cathy Buford Slater, as Chairperson of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent agency of the United States of America, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, an independent agency of the United States of America, Robert C. Shinn, Jr., in his official capacity as the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Officer, and Congress Hall Partners, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Preziosi, Michael J. Canavan, Jamieson, Moore, Peskin & Spicer, P.C., Princeton, NJ (Stephen N. Dennis and Philip N. Walker, pro hac vice), for Plaintiffs.

Anthony P. Monzo, Michael I. Gross, Cooper Perskie April Niedelman Wagenheim & Levenson, Cape May Court House, NJ, for defendants City of Cape May and Mayor William G. Gaffney.

Robert J. Cleary, U.S. Attorney, Susan Handler-Menahem, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Newark, NJ, for defendants Cathy Buford Slater and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, Valerie Anne Gray, Deputy Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, for defendant Robert C. Shinn, Jr.

Jonathan I. Epstein, Christine Cartwright, Drinker Biddle & Shanley LLP, Princeton, NJ (Richard B. Nettler, pro hac vice), for defendant Congress Hall Partners, LLC.

OPINION

PISANO, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

As the largest nineteenth century beachfront hotel remaining in the City of Cape May ("City" or "Cape May"), New Jersey, the Congress Hall Hotel ("Hotel") is a National Historic Landmark. Congress Hall Partners, LLC ("CHP"), the current owner of the Hotel, seeks to restore the Hotel and to construct a new conference center adjacent to the existing structure. Plaintiffs, a group of ten Cape May...

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