9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Church Zoning Case

On Wednesday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in International Church of the Foursquare Gospel v. City of  San Leandro. An audio recording of the oral arguments is available from the court's website. In the case, a California federal district court rejected RLUIPA, First Amendment, due process and equal protection challenges to a California city's refusal to rezone for "assembly" use industrial property a church had agreed to purchase. (See prior posting.)