Mt Holly Gardens Case Settles Before USSCT Review
As recently reported by the New York Times, the infamous Mt Holly Gardens redevelopment/discrimination case settled before the United States Supreme Court heard argument scheduled for December 4, 2013.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari back in June, and the case was eagerly anticipated by Civil Rights groups across the nation.
Olga Pomar of South Jersey Legal Services represented the property owners and had argued that the redevelopment takings by eminent domain of the garden apartments had an unconstitutional disparate impact on a discrete insular minority. She was also quoted by the Times that the settlement allows the residents “to be able to remain in Mount Holly and participate in the revitalization of their community if they so choose, rather than being uprooted from the homes they have lived in for many years, separated from their neighbors, friends and families.”
This is the second time in the past year that the Court has granted a petition for certiorari on the disparate impact issue only to have the parties settle the dispute before argument.
Check our prior blogs for all the details of this decade long dispute:
Mt Holly Residents Live to Fight Another Day
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