Legal Opinion
Bruce Boraas v. The Village of Belle Terre, an Incorporated Municipality
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1973No. 372, Docket 72-2040PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
At issue upon this appeal is the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance of the incorporated Village of Belle Terre, New York, which prohibits groups of more than two (2) unrelated persons, as distinguished from traditional families consisting of any number of persons related by blood, adoption, or marriage, from occupying a residence in an area zoned for “one-family” occupancy. We hold that since the discriminatory classification is unsupported by any rational basis consistent with permissible zoning law objectives, it transgresses the Equal Protection Clause. The…
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