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Marquette Law R eview Volume 59 Article 7 Issue 1 1976 (Number 1) Exclusionary Z oning - New Hope for the Economically Deprived ? David B. Billing Follow this and additional works at : http://scholarship.law.marqu tt . du/mulr Part of th Law Commons R pository Citation David B. Billing, Exclusionary Zo ning - New Hop e for the Economically D eprived?, 59 Marq. L. R v. 211 (1976). Available at : http://scholarship.law.marqu tt . du/mulr/vol59/iss1/7 This Article is brought to you for fr e and op n acc ss by the Journals at Marqu tte Law Scholarly Commons. It has b n acc pt d for inclusion in Marqu tte Law R vi w by an authoriz d administrator of Marqu tte Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, pl ase contact m gan.obri n@marqu tt . du. RECENT DECISIONS Exclusionary Zoning Challenged-New Hope For The Eco- nomically Deprived?-In the recent case of SouthernBurling- ton County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount Laurel, the Supreme Court of New Jersey imposed upon a developing sub- urban community in New Jersey a set of guidelines by which its zoning law was found invalid for failing to provide moderate and low income housing. The decision is of concern not only to other New Jersey communities, but also to the developing sub- urbs of other jurisdictions. For this reason, this article will examine the courts reasoning, ask some of the questions left unanswered, and indicate how the Wisconsin Supreme Court might resolve a similar case. Mount Laurel is a sprawling township of approximately 22 square miles, or 14,000 acres, on the west central edge of Bur- lington County. About ten miles from both Camden, New Jer- sey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,