Legal Opinion
United States v. Village of Airmont
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 20, 1993No. 91 Civ. 2550 (GLG)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
GOETTEL, District Judge.
This action, brought by the Government under the Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., concerns allegations of anti-Semitism and discrimination against Orthodox and Hasidic 1 Jews. To understand aspects of this decision, some discussion of Judaism, its divisions and practices, is necessary.
Orthodox Judaism,
Judaism is a very old religion. Its practices go back thousands of years. These practices include 1 several worship services during the Jewish Sabbath (called the Shabbos…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- LeBlanc-Sternberg v. FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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- Sternberg v. FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Korean Buddhist Dae Won Sa Temple v. SullivanHawaii Supreme Court · 1998
- Rabbi Yitzchok Leblanc-Sternberg, Chanie Leblanc-Sternberg, Fred Walfish, Lewis Kamman, Park Avenue Synagogue, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Robert Fletcher, Marianne Cucolo, John C. Layne, and Nicholas Vertullo, Individually and in Their Capacity as Trustees of the Village of Airmont, Maureen Kendrick, Individually and in Her Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Airmont, Raymond Kane, Paul Berliner, the Airmont Civic Association, the Village of Airmont, the Town of Ramapo, and Herbert Reisman, Individually and in His Capacity as Ramapo Town Supervisor, Robert Fletcher, John C. Layne, Nicholas Vertullo, Maureen Kendrick, and Raymond Kane, Individually, and in Their Capacity as Trustees of the Village of Airmont, and the Village of Airmont, Robert Fletcher and Nicholas Vertullo, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. United States of America v. The Village of Airmont, Airmont Civic Association, Ralph Bracco, in His Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Airmont, John C. Layne, Raymond Kane, Charles Calotta and Ronald Sabo, in Their Capacities as Trustees of the Village of AirmontCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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