Legal Opinion
Home Builders League of South Jersey, Inc. v. Township of Berlin
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 30, 1979PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SCHREIBER, J.
At issue in this case is the validity of provisions in a municipal zoning ordinance which impose minimum floor area requirements for residential dwellings irrespective of the number of occupants living in the home and unrelated to any other factor, such as frontage or lot size. The challenge was initiated when the Home Builders League of South Jersey, Inc. (League) and three builders, Award Homes, Inc., Lincoln Property Co., N.E., Inc., and Chiusano Bros., Inc., filed a complaint in lieu of prerogative writ in the Superior Court seeking…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In Re QuinlanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- Robinson v. CahillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Mathews v. CintronSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce v. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement CommissionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- State v. CameronSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Riggs v. Township of Long BeachSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
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