Oxford House, Inc. v. Township of Cherry Hill

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that residents of the Oxford House met the statutory definition of “handicap” within the meaning of the FHA
• municipality's refusal to grant zoning approval to group home for handicapped persons in single family residential zone violates reasonable accommodation provision of FHA
• Evidence showing that a failure to issue an injunction would substantially increase the likelihood of relapse for recovering alcoholics and addicts demonstrates irreparable harm.
• reasonable accommodation provision applies to town's decision to deny a certificate of occupancy to a group home
• injunction granted preventing township from applying its zoning requirement limiting the number of unrelated persons residing in the same dwelling in a single family residential zone
• “Congress has directly endorsed the Oxford House itself as an organization worthy of public support because of its role in helping to stem the national epidemic of alcohol and drug abuse.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).