District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania November 15, 2001, 97-3978 (Cohen v. Township of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania)

MEMORANDUM

DuBOIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On June 11, 1997, the United States of America (“United States”) filed a Complaint alleging that defendants, Township of Cheltenham (“Township”) and the Zoning Hearing Board of Cheltenham Township (“Board”), denied Sidney Cohen’s and Dorothy Cohen’s petition for a zoning variance in violation of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C.