Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Inc. v. Mayor of Borough of Essex Fells

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• holding that property owners have standing under the Fair Housing Act when their properties were directly targeted by an alleged discriminatory housing practice against protected class members
• noting that economic, associational, and stigmatic injuries created ripe controversy and that condemnation of property need not occur for claims to “crystallize”
• “This federal district Court lacks jurisdiction over claims of discrimination in land use policy by a municipality arising under N.J.S.A. 10:5–12.5.”
• “[I]t is entirely plausible that the New Jersey Legislature intended to avoid federal court interference in this area... . This federal [D]istrict Court lacks jurisdiction over claims of discrimination in land use policy by a municipality arising under N.J.S.A. 10:5-12.5.”

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