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EASTER SEAL SOC. v. TOWNSHIP OF NORTH BERGEN

Civ. No. 92-1878 (HLS).

798 F.Supp. 228 (1992)

The EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY, INC., and "John Does," Plaintiffs, v. TOWNSHIP OF NORTH BERGEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Klein, Clifton, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Brian M. Chewcaskie, Gittleman, Muhlstock & Chewcaskie, Fort Lee, N.J., for defendants.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiffs in this matter seek to establish and to maintain a facility in North Bergen for the developmentally disabled. Town officials and residents oppose the proposed use. They have declared their intention to prohibit it and have erected legal barriers to its opening. Confronted with a similar conflict in another case, this court wrote:

[W]hat this matter truly needs is not judicial...

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