| Court: | NJ Supreme Court |
| Facts: | Mount Laurel is zoned so that low-income outsiders can't move in (i.e., large lots, minimum square footage). This has a disporportionate impact. |
| Posture: | Trial court says the city is being selective about growth through zoning. Town appeals. |
| Issue: | Does the zoning unlawfully exclude low and moderate income families? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | A city can't forclose the opportunity of moving in to whole classes of people. They need to devote a "fair share" to regular folks' housing. |
| Reasoning: | A zoning regulation must promote the health, public morals, etc. If it doesn't, it's unlawful. Especially if it disproportionately affects protected classes. |
| Dicta: | Many suburbs have failed to learn the lesson of cultural pluralism. |