Showing posts with label Building code. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Building code. Show all posts
Monday, December 08, 2025

No Religious Discrimination Shown in Enforcement of Septic Tank Code

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In Schoff v. Illinois Human Rights Commission ,  (IL App., Dec. 4, 2025), an Illinois state appellate court affirmed the decision of the sta...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Church's Challenge to Fire Code Applicability Triggers Strict Scrutiny

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 In Pool v. Dad's Place of Bryan, Ohio ,  (OH App., Nov. 21, 2025), an Ohio state appellate court remanded to the trial court a church...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

9th Circuit: Requiring Tree Trimming Did Not Violate Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In Joseph v. City of San Jose ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 11, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected plaintiff's claim that enfor...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Court Says Center's Food Distribution Is Likely a Religious Exercise Under RLUIPA

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In Micah's Way v. City of Santa Ana ,  (CD CA, June 8, 2023), a California federal district court refused to dismiss a suit by a center ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Village Sues Church Over Its Homeless Shelter

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RNS reports that the affluent Chicago suburb of Village of Orland Park has filed suit against Hope Covenant Church seeking to close down it...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Faith-Based Recovery Home Loses Challenges To Fire Code Enforcement

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In Affordable Recovery Housing v. City of Blue Island ,  (ND IL, Sept. 21, 2016), an Illinois federal district court in a 40-page opinion di...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Court Refuses To Allow Amended Complaint On Building Code Application To Home Bible Study Groups

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In Salman v. Phoenix ,  (D AZ, Jan. 27, 2016), an Arizona federal district court refused to permit an ordained minister who used his home fo...