Legal Opinion
Asian American for Equality v. Koch
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1985PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
David B. Saxe, J.
i. ISSUE
The principal issue that I am asked to resolve in connection with this motion is whether our courts should recognize, as a matter of constitutional law, a municipality’s obligation to zone for low- to moderate-income housing in accordance with the doctrine established in the seminal New Jersey zoning cases, Mount Laurel I and Mount Laurel II.
II. INTRODUCTION
Asian Americans for Equality, an organization that represents the legal interests of Asian Americans has sued the City of New York, as a result of its enactment of the zoning amendment under…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Chinese Staff & Workers Ass'n v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
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- Asian Americans for Equality v. KochAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Rose v. Village of Upper Nyack, NYDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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