Legal Opinion
Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount Laurel
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 24, 1975PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Hall, J.
This case attacks the system of land use regulation by defendant Township of Mount Laurel on the ground that low and moderate income families are thereby unlawfully excluded from the municipality. The trial court so found, 119 N. J. Super. 164 (Law Div. 1972), and declared the township zoning ordinance totally invalid. Its judgment went on, in line with the requests for affirmative relief, to order the municipality to make studies of the housing needs of low and moderate income persons presently or formerly residing in the community in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Girsh AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Golden v. Planning Board of RamapoNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Village 2 at New Hope, Inc. AppealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by209 opinions
- Associated Home Builders of Greater Eastbay, Inc. v. City of LivermoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount LaurelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Toll Bros., Inc. v. Township of ReadingtonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Right to Choose v. ByrneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Surrick v. ZHB OF U. PROVIDENCE TP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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