Legal Opinion
Allendale Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Grosman
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 30, 1959PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
On February 11, 1959 the Law Division entered judgment for the defendants and thereafter the plaintiff appealed to the Appellate Division. We certified the matter on our own motion. See R. R. 1:10-1 (a).
Since 1951 the Allendale Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses has been conducting its meetings in a store located at 78 West Allendale Avenue, Allendale, New Jersey. In 1957 it applied for a permit to build a meeting hall on a lot in an AA residential zone. The lot is irregular in shape and is less than % acre in size. It fronts on Hillside Avenue in a 40-mile-per-hour speed zone near a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Milwaukie Co. of Jehovah's Witnesses v. MullenOregon Supreme Court · 1958
- Bd. of Zoning Ap. of Decatur v. Decatur, Ind. Co. of Jehovah's WitnessesIndiana Supreme Court · 1954
- Corp. of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. City of PortervilleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Minney v. City of AzusaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- Congregation Temple Israel v. City of Creve CoeurSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Urban Farms, Inc. v. Franklin LakesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1981
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- State v. CongdonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962
- BETHLEHEM EV. LUTH. CHURCH v. City of LakewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Burcam Corp. v. Planning Bd. Tp. of MedfordNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979
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