California Church Moves Ahead With RLUIPA Damage Claim

Yesterday's North County (CA) Times reports that Elsinore Christian Center will move ahead with a $1.9 million damage claim against the City of Lake Elsinore, CA for losses the church suffered when it was prevented from relocating to a downtown building. This follows the church's win last August in the 9th Circuit which upheld the constitutionality of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. (See prior posting.) A Los Angeles federal district court judge set January 31 as the trial date for this next phase of the case.