Bruce Boraas v. The Village of Belle Terre, an Incorporated Municipality

In view of the unusual circumstances under which en banc reconsideration of this ease is being denied, I think that in fairness and in the public interest I should state my reasons for dissenting from the denial of en banc reconsideration.

First, in this action involving the right of the 700 residents of the Village of Belle Terre, through their local government, to enact a one-family zoning ordinance, I have already stated in my panel dissent filed February 27, 1973, 476 F.2d at 818, the basis of my disagreement with the decision of the majority in striking down the Village’s zoning ordinance…