CHERRY HILL TP. v. OXFORD HOUSE


263 N.J. Super. 25 (1993)

621 A.2d 952

CHERRY HILL TOWNSHIP, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. OXFORD HOUSE, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND PARVIZ AND MARJAN GHASSEMI, H/W, THOMAS AND PATRICIA MCARDLE, H/W, AND JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, (TENANTS), J/S/A DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Katz, American Civil Liberties Union, argued the cause for appellant (Tomar, Simonoff, Adourian & O'Brien, attorney).

Francine I. Axelrad, argued the cause for respondent.

Before Judges KING, LANDAU and THOMAS.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

On this appeal we consider whether two groups of recovering alcohol and substance abusers have a right to live together in single-family residences in Cherry Hill Township, a suburban community of 70,000 residents. These recovering former substance abusers comprise two of about twenty "Oxford Houses" now established in New Jersey. The Chancery Division judge held that the Cherry Hill Oxford House residents do...

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