Earlier this month, an Islamic community center filed suit against the City of Troy, Michigan (“City”) after the City denied the group’s application for a variance needed to operate a mosque at the property it owns in the...more
11/21/2018
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Churches ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
Establishment Clause ,
First Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Free Speech ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Variances ,
Zoning Laws
A federal district court in Illinois has dismissed religious discrimination and related claims alleged by the Church of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ (“Church”) against the City of Markham, Illinois (“City”), in connection...more
2/21/2018
/ Conditional Use Permit ,
First Amendment ,
Mootness ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
Ripeness ,
RLUIPA ,
Substantial Burden ,
Summary Judgment ,
Variances
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has reached an agreement with Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania (“Township”), resolving allegations that the Township violated each of RLUIPA’s provisions when it denied a use...more
Last month, Bayonne Muslims, a New Jersey not-for-profit religious congregation, sued the City of Bayonne, New Jersey (the “City”), challenging the City’s denial of certain variances needed to construct a mosque. ...more
6/8/2017
/ Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
State and Local Government ,
Variances ,
Zoning Laws
A federal court in the District of New Jersey has determined that claims asserted by the Congregation Kollel, Inc. (“Congregation”) against the Township of Howell, New Jersey (“Township”), based on the allegedly improper...more