•Katz, et al. vs. Zoning Hearing Board of Westfall
Township (1994)
–Developer of Rosetown Estates outside of Milford in the
mid-1980s
–Several allegations including civil rights
violations
•Katz won a $10.1 million verdict against the township and several officials (1998)
•Katz was also a victim under the federal Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt
Organization (RICO) statute
–He faced hostilities motivated by the fact he was an
outsider and Jewish
–Suit cited a comment made in 1988 by a resident who said
to Katz
"you
Jew bastard ... you and your family come to this
area and think you own everything
...'‘
–Jury ordered a $210,000 payment from three
individuals for the RICO
charges