Community Resources for Justice, Inc. v. City of Manchester

The defendant, the City of Manchester (City), appeals an order of the Superior Court {Barry, J.) ruling that the City’s zoning ordinance prohibiting correctional facilities in all of its zoning districts is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff, Community Resources for Justice, Inc. (CRJ). We affirm.

This is the second appeal of this case and much of its lengthy procedural history is set forth in our prior decision. See Cmty. Res. for Justice v. City of Manchester, 154 N.H. 748 (2007). We provide a brief background here. CRJ is a non-profit organization that operates “halfway houses”…