Lawyers for South Brunswick Township are asking the New Jersey Supreme Court to bypass the Appellate Division and take up its claim that rulings made by a now-retired judge in affordable housing cases should be overturned because of the judge’s personal and professional relationship with a developer.

In June, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Douglas Hurd refused to overturn the prior rulings by the retired judge, Douglas Wolfson, saying there was no appearance of impropriety since Wolfson never ruled on any matters involving South Brunswick, which is embroiled in lawsuits about how much affordable housing it should be required to provide under the series of Mount Laurel rulings.

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