Supreme Court of New Jersey

Delia David, Complainant, and Division on Civil Rights, Department of Law and Public Safety, State of New Jersey…

June 28, 196545 N.J. 301

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld the constitutionality of the housing accommodation provisions of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, finding that the statutes are a permissible exercise of police power that does not violate due process, equal protection, the Thirteenth Amendment, or the separation of powers; it reversed the Bergen County Court's decision striking the law and affirmed the Chancery Division's decision upholding it.