Legal Opinion
Market Street Mission v. Bureau of Rooming & Boarding House Standards
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 19, 1988PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
O’HERN, J.
The question in this case is whether the Legislature intended that the fire safety provisions contained in the Eooming and Boarding House Act of 1979 (the Act), N.J.S.A. 55:13B-1 to -21, apply to religious organizations that provide rooming and boarding facilities to the needy.
We hold that the State has the power to impose public safety requirements on organizations, both religious and secular, that provide such services. We also hold that the Legislature did not intend a wholesale exclusion of religious organizations from those requirements…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic BishopSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Md.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Salvation Army (The) v. Department Of Community Affairs Of The State Of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Salvation Army v. Department of Community AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Brown v. St. Venantius SchoolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Restivo v. Church of Saint Joseph of PalisadesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1997
- South Jersey Catholic School Teachers Organization v. St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church Elementary SchoolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
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