Federal Court Refuses To Dismiss Challenge To Zoning Denial For Bible Camp

in Eagle Cove Camp and Conference Center, Inc. v. Town of Woodboro, Wisconsin, (WD WI, March 24, 2011), a Wisconsin federal district court rejected ripeness and jurisdictional defenses put forward by a Wisconsin town in a challenge to its denial of zoning approval for a year-round Bible camp. Plaintiffs claimed the denial violated RLUIPA, the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, the 1st Amendment's free exercise clause, freedom of worship protections of the state constitution, the federal ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. (See prior related posting.) [Thanks to Art Jaros for the lead.]