JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ASSEMBLY HALLS v. JERSEY CITY

Civ. A. No. 84-3634.

597 F.Supp. 972 (1984)

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ASSEMBLY HALLS OF NEW JERSEY, INC. and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF JERSEY CITY, a Municipal Corporation; Gerald McCann, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Jersey City; Mark T. Munley, Individually, as Zoning Officer, as Director of the City of Jersey City Department of Housing & Economic Development and as Agent and Employee of the City of Jersey City; Robert R. Shortell, Individually, as Construction Official and as Agent and Employee of the City of Jersey City; Anthony Lambiase, Individually and as Agent and Employee of the City of Jersey City; Michael Regan, Individually and as Agent and Employee of the City of Jersey City; Louis Hampton, Individually and as Agent and Employee of the City of Jersey City; John Doe, a Fictitious Name; and Richard Roe, a Fictitious Name, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krieger, Ferrara, Flynn & Catalina by Harold Krieger, Frank E. Catalina, Jersey City, N.J., William R. Bell, Blackwood, N.J., Leslie R. Long, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Joseph Healy, Corp. Counsel by Eugene P. O'Connell, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Law Dept., Jersey City, N.J., for defendant City of Jersey City.

Schumann, Hession, Kennelly & Dorment by Francis DeStefano, Jersey City, N.J., for defendant Gerald McCann.

Edward J. Nowakoski, Bayonne, N.J., for defendants Robert Shortell and Louis Hampton.

Baer & Arbeiter by Benjamin D. Leibowitz, Metuchen, N.J., for defendant Anthony Lambiase.

Deutsch & Mulvaney by Thomas M. DeLuca, Morristown, N.J., for defendant Michael Regan.


DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

I. The Proceedings.

Plaintiffs are Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly Halls of New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey nonprofit corporation, referred to as "New Jersey Witnesses" herein, and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., a New York nonprofit corporation referred to herein as "Watchtower."

Defendants are Jersey City, its Mayor, Gerald McCann, and various Jersey City officials and employees performing duties...

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