MORRIS CTY. FAIR HOUS. v. BOONTON TP.


228 N.J. Super. 635 (1988)

550 A.2d 777

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, 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 MORRIS COUNTY PARK COMMISSION, SOUTHWEST MORRIS TOWNSHIP HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND BRITT, LARKIN AND POWERS, DEFENDANTS-INTERVENORS. 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 and Mercer County.

Decided July 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

Stephan C. Hansbury for defendant-intervenor Morris County Park Commission (Hansbury, Martin & Knapp, attorneys).

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

Louis P. Rago for defendant-intervenor Britt, Larkin and Powers.


SKILLMAN, J.S.C.

Morris Township is one of the defendants in the Mount Laurel action brought by the Public Advocate against various municipalities in Morris County. See Borough of Morris Plains v. Dept. of Public Advocate, 169 N.J.Super. 403 (App. Div. 1979), certif. den. 81 N.J. 411 (1979) and Morris Cty. Fair Housing Council v. Boonton Tp., 209 N.J...

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