Showing posts with label RLUIPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RLUIPA. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

5th Circuit Remands Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA and Establishment Clause Claims

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 In Lozano v. Collier , (5th Cir., April 11, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a portion of the district court's dec...
Tuesday, April 09, 2024

Class Action By Muslim Women Against NYPD Settled for $17.5M

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 AP reports that New York City has agreed to settle the class action damage claim in Clark v. City of New York for $17.5 million. The suit ...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Inmates Sue Claiming Religious Need to Watch Solar Eclipse

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court by six inmates at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, New...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Restricting Frequency of Church Free Meal Services Violates RLUIPA

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 In St. Timothy's Episcopal Church v. City of Brookings ,  (D OR, March 27, 2024), an Oregon federal district court held that a zoning o...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Denial of Church's Property Tax Exemption Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In Sandstrom v. Wendell , (WD NY, March 22, 2024), a New York federal district court rejected RLUIPA challenges to local tax officials'...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Christian Food Ministry Sues to End City's Attempts to Close It Down

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 Last week, a Yuma County, Arizona Baptist church filed suit in an Arizona federal district court challenging actions the city of San Luis h...
Monday, March 18, 2024

7th Circuit: Zoning Denial for Catholic School Athletic Field Lights Did Not Violate RLUIPA

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In Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart v. City of Madison, Wisconsin ,  (7th Cir., March 15, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7...
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...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024

5th Circuit, 11-6, Denies En Banc Rehearing on Availability of Damages Under RLUIPA

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In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety , (5th Cir., Feb. 5, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a v...
Friday, January 26, 2024

11th Circuit Rejects RLUIPA Challenge to Novel Execution Method; Supreme Court Denies Review

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In Smith v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections ,  (11th Cir., Jan. 24, 2024), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 d...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Church Sues City Over Operation of Ministry for Homeless

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Ohio federal district court seeking to enjoin the city of Bryan, Ohio from enforcing its zoning ordinances in...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Inmate's Speech and Religion Challenges to His Execution Method Are Not Dismissed, But Execution Not Enjoined

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In Smith v. Hamm ,  (MD AL, Jan. 10, 2024), plaintiff, who is scheduled for execution by nitrogen hypoxia on January 25, challenges the lega...
Friday, January 05, 2024

Constitutional Challenge to RLUIPA Dismissed on Sovereign Immunity Grounds

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In Coritsidis v. Khal Bnei Torah of Mount Ivy , (SD NY, Jan. 3, 2024), a New York federal district court dismissed the portion of the lawsui...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

4th Circuit: Nation of Gods and Earths May Qualify as a Religion

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In Greene v. Lassiter ,  (4th Cir., Dec.13, 2023), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a pro se  suit by a prisoner held that the distr...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

2nd Circuit: Jewish School Prevented From Purchasing Site Meets Standing and Ripeness Requirements To Sue

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In Ateres Bais Yaakov Academy of Rockland v. Town of Clarkston ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 8, 2023), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that a...
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 26, 2023

DOJ Announces Outreach Programs on RLUIPA

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In a press release last Friday, the Justice Department announced that to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutio...