Showing posts with label Zoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zoning. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

DOJ Sues Idaho City for Denying Zoning Approval for Evangelical Church

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The Justice Department  announced  yesterday that it has filed suit against the City of Troy, Idaho alleging that it violated the Religious ...
Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Denial of Conditional Use Permit to Church Violated RLUIPA and 1st Amendment

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In Anchor Stone Christian Church v. City of Santa Ana ,  (CD CA, April 7, 2025), a California federal district court issued a preliminary in...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Requirement for Church to Obtain Permit Before Hosting Homeless Encampment Is Upheld

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In Miller v. City of Burien , (WD WA, Feb. 3, 2025), a Washington federal district court dismissed a suit brought by a Methodist church chal...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Moratorium Delaying Building of Mosque

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In Zikar Holdings, LLC v. Ruhland ,  (D MN, Dec. 26, 2024), a Minnesota federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to ...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Yeshiva Denied Preliminary Injunction Against Zoning Enforcement

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In Anash, Inc., d/b/a Wyoming Valley Yeshiva v. Borough of Kingston ,  (MD PA, Dec. 19, 2024), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused...
Monday, September 09, 2024

RLUIPA Success Unlikely on Challenge to Denial of Special Use Permit for Jewish Retreat Center

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In Fresh Start Center v. Township of Grosse Ile ,  (ED MI, Sept. 5, 2024), a Michigan federal district court refused to grant a preliminary ...
Thursday, August 01, 2024

Requiring Conditional Use Permit Is Not Substantial Burden Under RLUIPA

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In Athey Creek Christian Fellowship v. Clackamas County , (D OR, July 30, 2024), an Oregon federal district court dismissed a RLUIPA challen...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Church Obtains Preliminary Injunction Under RLUIPA Allowing Its On-Site Shelter Program to Continue

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In Church of the Rock, Inc. v. Town of Castle Rock, Colorado ,  (D CO, July 19, 2024), a Colorado federal district court granted a church a ...
Monday, April 08, 2024

2nd Circuit: Plaintiffs Lack Standing to Challenge Zoning Law That Accommodates Jewish Worship Sites

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In Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods v. Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York ,  (2d Cir., April 5, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Cou...
Monday, March 04, 2024

RLUIPA Safe harbor Does Not Extend to Claims for Monetary Damages

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 In Bair Brucha Inc. v. Township of Toms River, New Jersey , (D NJ, Feb. 29, 2024), a New Jersey federal district court granted plaintiffs j...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Hawaii Chabad Rabbi Sues Over Zoning Law

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Suit was filed this week in a Hawaii federal district court by a Chabad rabbi contending that Hawaii County's residential zoning Code vi...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Denial of Permission to Build Grotto Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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 In Frederic v. City of Park Hills Board of Adjustment , (KY App., Dec. 1, 2023), a Kentucky state appeals court held that a denying a churc...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Consent Decree Entered In RLUIPA Suit Charging Discrimination Against Orthodox Jews

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Last week, a New York federal district court entered a consent decree ( full text ) in  United States v. Village of Airmont,  (SD NY, Oct. 1...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

11th Circuit: Buddhist Organization Prevails Under Alabama State Constitution in Zoning Fight

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In Thai Meditation Association of Alabama, Inc. v. City of Mobile, Alabama , (11th Cir., Oct. 2, 2023), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appea...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

6th Circuit Says Zoning Restrictions on Prayer Trail Violate RLUIPA

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In Catholic Healthcare International, Inc. v. Genoa Charter Township ,  (6th Cir., Sept. 11, 2023), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals or...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

New Jersey Settles With Township Accused of Discriminating Against Orthodox Jewish Residents

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 A Consent Order ( full text ) was entered yesterday by a New Jersey trial court in Platkin v. Jackson Township,  (NJ Super., Aug. 28, 2023)...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Hawaii County's Denial of Permit to Temple Did Not Meet Strict Scrutiny Test

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In Spirit of Aloha Temple v. County of Maui ,  (D HI, Aug. 11, 2023), in a case that has been in litigation for more than seven years, a Haw...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

6th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in RLUIPA Land Use Dispute

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The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday (July 19) heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in a RLUIPA land use case,  ...
Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Miami Beach Settles Synagogue's Zoning Harassment Lawsuit for $1.3M

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Miami Herald reports that a dispute between the Orthodox Jewish Congregation Bais Yeshaya D’Kerestir and Miami Beach, Florida zoning offici...
Friday, February 03, 2023

Chabad's Long-Running Suit Over Land Use Dismissed In Part

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In Lubavitch of Old Westbury, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Old Westbury, New York ,  (ED NY, Jan. 31, 2023), a New York federal magistrat...