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Frederick Wilson Hall (February 22, 1908 – July 7, 1984) was an American judge and associate justice of the
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from 1959 to 1975. Hall was born in
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on February 22, 1908, the son of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall. He graduated from
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and
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. He founded and practiced law at the firm of Wharton and Hall. Hall was a Democrat. He sat on the
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from 1953 to 1959 and on the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1959 to 1975 in an era known as the Weintraub Court. Hall wrote the decision in the 1975 case ''Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel Township'' (commonly called ''Mount Laurel I''), which affects affordable housing policy in New Jersey. He married Jane R. Armstrong on July 18, 1936. A resident of
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Frederick Wilson 1908 births 1984 deaths New Jersey state court judges Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Politicians from Somerville, New Jersey Rutgers University alumni Harvard Law School alumni 20th-century New Jersey state court judges