The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether the board of directors of a massive co-op can prohibit leafleting by dissident residents who want to seek election to the board.
The court heard arguments Sept. 8 in a case where the board of directors of a co-op in Fort Lee, N.J., is seeking to overturn an appeals court’s ruling that said it violated a tenant’s free-speech rights when it prohibited him from passing out leaflets to other residents, even though the board itself regularly passed out leaflets touting its accomplishments and attacking its critics.
