MORRIS CTY. FAIR HOUS. COUNCIL v. BOONTON TP.


220 N.J. Super. 388 (1987)

532 A.2d 280

MORRIS COUNTY FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, MORRIS COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE AND ALFRED A. SLOCUM, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFFS, AND JOHN AND SALVATORE CORTESE, HOLLOW HILL ASSOCIATES AND SENTRY-MORRIS ASSOCIATES, PLAINTIFFS-INTERVENORS, v. BOONTON TOWNSHIP, CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, CHESTER TOWNSHIP, DENVILLE TOWNSHIP, EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, FLORHAM PARK BOROUGH, HANOVER TOWNSHIP, HARDING TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, KINNELON BOROUGH, LINCOLN PARK BOROUGH, MADISON BOROUGH, MENDHAM BOROUGH, MENDHAM TOWNSHIP, MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MORRIS PLAINS BOROUGH, MOUNTAIN LAKES BOROUGH, MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS TOWNSHIP, PASSAIC TOWNSHIP, PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP, RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, RIVERDALE BOROUGH, ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, ROXBURY TOWNSHIP AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, DEFENDANTS, AND SOUTHWEST MORRIS TOWNSHIP HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR. MURWIN DEVELOPMENT CORP., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, IN THE COUNTY OF MORRIS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS AND THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, DEFENDANTS. HOLLOW HILL ASSOCIATES, A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THE MORRIS TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Morris County/Mercer County.

Decided May 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Eisdorfer for plaintiffs Morris County Fair Housing Council, et al. (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Advocate, attorney).

Guliet D. Hirsch for plaintiff Murwin Development Corp. (Brener Wallack & Hill, attorneys).

Alfred L. Ferguson for plaintiff Hollow Hill Associates (McCarter & English, attorneys).

Thomas F. Collins, Jr. for plaintiffs-intervenors John and Salvatore Cortese (Vogel, Chait, Schwartz & Collins, attorneys).

Peter R. Bray for plaintiff-intervenor Sentry-Morris Associates (Cole, Geaney, Yamner & Byrne, attorneys).

James R. Hillas, Jr. for defendant Morris Township Planning Board.

Charles T. Hock for defendants Township of Morris and Township Committee of Township of Morris (Mills, Hock, Dangler & Mills, attorneys).

Lisa K. Pantel for defendant-intervenor Southwest Morris Township Homeowners Association (Schenck, Price, Smith & King, attorneys).


SKILLMAN, J.S.C.

This is a Mount Laurel case. See Southern Burlington Cty. N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel Tp., 67 N.J. 151 (1975), cert. den. 423 U.S. 808, 96 S.Ct. 18, 46 L.Ed.2d 28 (1975) (Mount Laurel I); Southern Burlington Cty. N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel Tp., 92 N.J. 158 (1983) (Mount Laurel II)...

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