OXFORD HOUSE-EVERGREEN v. CITY OF PLAINFIELD

Civ. No. 91-2855(HLS).

769 F.Supp. 1329 (1991)

OXFORD HOUSE-EVERGREEN, Kevin Tierney, James Curtis, Frederick Furlong, James Valentine, Kenneth Knight, Joseph Logan, Jamiel K. Muhammad, "John Does," Oxford House, Inc., and Debbie Ann Weiner, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PLAINFIELD, Mayor and Council of the City of Plainfield, Jocelyn Pringley, and the Plainfield Zoning Board of Adjustment, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan R. Oxford, Wilfredo Caraballo, Public Advocate, Dept. of the Public Advocate, Div. of Public Interest Advocacy, Trenton, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Gerald T. Ford, Siff, Rosen & Parker, Newark, N.J., for defendants.


OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

Introduction

The plaintiffs in this matter seek relief which will permit them to maintain a residence for recovering addicts of drugs and alcohol, pending further hearings and a determination in state court proceedings. The plaintiffs are part of a nationally recognized program which, through peer pressure and strict conditions of abstinence, successfully maintains freedom from addiction and improves the...

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