State v. Baker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a municipality may not pass a zoning ordinance limiting the number of non-related individuals living in a single household unit
• zoning regulation limiting residency based on number of unrelated persons in single housekeeping unit unconstitutional
• overturning zoning prohibiting more than four unrelated individuals from sharing a single housing unit
• invalidating ordinance defining family as related persons or not more than four unrelated persons on state due process and privacy grounds
• finding two families within a single-family residence functioned as a single housekeeping unit based in part on their common use of the residence
• construing state constitution and existing case law to require zoning restrictions to be accomplished \in the manner which least impacts upon the right of individuals to order their lives as they see fit\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

68 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Manalapan Realty v. Township Committee of the Township of Manalapan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-06-06· cited 2,534×
• Doe v. Poritz
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-07-25· cited 688×
• State v. Alston
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-10-21· cited 275×
• Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount Laurel
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-01-20· cited 264×
• Right to Choose v. Byrne
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-08-18· cited 257×
• City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 227×
• City of Santa Barbara v. Adamson
  California Supreme Court· 1980-05-15· cited 141×
• State v. Cameron
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-06-19· cited 137×
• Quick Chek Food Stores v. Township of Springfield
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-14· cited 86×
• McMinn v. Town of Oyster Bay
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-12-26· cited 84×
• Gayet v. Gayet
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-02-14· cited 78×
• Penasquitos, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1991-07-11· cited 75×
• Delta Charter Twp. v. Dinolfo
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1984-07-19· cited 64×
• State v. Feaster
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-07-14· cited 63×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-08· cited 58×
• Ames Rental Property Ass'n v. City of Ames
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-07-27· cited 56×
• State v. Carpentieri
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-05-19· cited 51×
• Zilinsky v. Zoning Bd. of Adj. of Verona
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-12· cited 51×
• Lusardi v. Curtis Point Property Owners Ass'n
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-06-04· cited 51×
• Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of Brewer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-08-14· cited 48×

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Moore v. City of East Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 1,904×
• Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Coleman
  Supreme Court· 1928-04-30· cited 397×
• Mathews v. Cintron
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 189×
• Gangemi v. Berry
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1957-07-09· cited 161×
• State Ex Rel. Markley v. Baldwin
  Supreme Court· 1884-12-15· cited 153×
• TAXPAYERS ASSN. OF WEYMOUTH TP. INC. v. Weymouth Tp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1976-09-28· cited 141×
• State v. Saunders
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-12-13· cited 93×
• Oakwood at Madison, Inc. v. Township of Madison
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-01-26· cited 87×
• City of White Plains v. Ferraioli
  New York Court of Appeals· 1974-06-12· cited 85×
• Kirsch Holding Co. v. Borough of Manasquan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-09-28· cited 82×
• Berger v. State
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1976-09-21· cited 80×
• Township of Mount Laurel v. Southern Burlington County
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 76×
• Home Builders League of South Jersey, Inc. v. Township of Berlin
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-07-30· cited 69×
• So. Burl. Cty. NAACP v. Tp. of Mt. Laurel
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-03-24· cited 51×
• Place v. BD. OF ADJUST. OF BOROUGH OF SADDLE RIVER
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1964-05-18· cited 49×
• Group House of Port Washington, Inc. v. Board of Zoning & Appeals
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-07-11· cited 42×
• Pascack Ass'n, Ltd. v. Mayor & Coun. Washington Tp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-03-23· cited 40×
• Brady v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1962-02-07· cited 37×
• Sente v. Mayor and Mun. Coun. Clifton
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1974-12-12· cited 37×
• City of Des Plaines v. Trottner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-03-24· cited 36×