Mr. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Coúrt. Belle Terre is a village on Long Island’s north shore, of ábout 220 homes inhabited by 700 .people. Its total land area is less than one square mile. It has restricted land use to one-family dwellings excluding, lodging houses, boarding houses, fraternity houses, or multiple-'dwelling houses. The word “family” as used in the.ordi-. 'nance means, “[o]ne or mo…
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