FRANKLIN TOWER ONE, L.L.C., as successor in interest to Sava Holding Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
N.M., Defendant-Respondent.
Supreme Court of New Jersey.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 26, 1998.
Decided March 23, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Tara P. D'Amato, Clifton, for plaintiff-appellant.
John N. Ukegbu, Jersey City, for defendant-respondent (Timothy K. Madden, Director, Hudson County Legal Services Corporation).
Joseph Harris David for amicus curiae Legal Services of New Jersey (Melville D. Miller Jr., President, attorney; Mr. Miller and Mr. David, on the brief).
Cheryl R. Clarke, Deputy Attorney General, for amicus curiae State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs (Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Joseph L. Yannotti, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Clarke and Keith A. Costill, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).
David L. Harris, Roseland, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae National Housing Law Project, The Judge David L. Bazelon Center on Mental Health Law, The Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Connecticut Legal Services, Inc. and The St. Paul Tenants' Union (Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys).
Norman A. Feinstein, West Orange, submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae National Multi Housing Council, National Apartment Association, National Leased Housing Association, National Association of Home Builders, New Jersey Apartment Association, Manufactured Housing Institute and Institute of Real Estate Management (Feinstein, Raiss & Klein, attorneys; Mr. Feinstein and Charles L. Edson, Washington, DC, a member of the Missouri bar and Harry J. Kelly, Washington, DC, a member of the Maryland bar, on the brief).
Joan E. Pransky, Montclair, relied on brief submitted by Legal Services of New Jersey on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Tenants Organization.
Supreme Court of New Jersey.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by STEIN, J.
In 1981, as part of "[a]n Act making it unlawful to refuse to rent to persons with children under certain circumstances and to refuse to rent to a person because of objections to the person's source of income," the New Jersey Legislature enacted N.J.S.A. 2A:42-100, which provides, in pertinent part:
No person, firm or corporation or any agent, officer or employee thereof shall refuse to rent or lease...
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