Legal Opinion
Assisted Living Associates of Moorestown, L.L.C. v. Moorestown Township
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 29, 1998No. Civil Action 97-4572, 98-5301PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge.
Once again, this Court has been called upon to resolve a conflict between local autonomy and federal power, specifically, the clash between state common law which permits landowners to control the use of land by incorporating a restrictive covenant into a deed conveying the property to a purchaser which binds the purchaser, as well as all subsequent owners of the land, and the federal power to eradicate discrimination against the handicapped as reflected in the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. See Assisted Living Assocs. of Moorestown, L.L.C., et al.…
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