Fed. Dist. Court in FL Dismisses RLUIPA Equal Terms Claim Following Notice of...
A pro se plaintiff filed a claim against a city code enforcement department and its officers alleging various constitutional violations as well as a violation of RLUIPA for code enforcement activity....
View ArticleZombies Outshine Satan? More Controversial Holiday Displays, Including Baby,...
Last week we reported on several controversies regarding public displays of traditional and not-so-traditional religious iconography. Well, it seems that the issue isn’t dead yet. Since our last...
View ArticleGlee Camp Not So Happy: Auburn’s Zoning Enforcement Action Alleged to Violate...
The First Presbyterian Church of Auburn (the “Church”) has hosted a musical theater day camp (“Glee Camp”) in Auburn, New York for approximately three years. In July of 2014, Auburn’s code enforcement...
View Article“Integral Yoga” Group and Swami Hope to Find Their Inner Balance in Federal...
The Spirit of Aloha Temple (“Spirit”) and Fredrick R. Honig a/k/a Swami Swaroopananda are suing the County of Maui and the Maui Planning Commission (“Commission”) over the Commission’s denial of their...
View ArticleKennesaw, Georgia Back in the News: Suffa Dawat Center Files “Preventative”...
In December, we reported that Kennesaw, Georgia’s City Council reversed its initial decision to deny an Islamic place of worship and education center in a retail shopping plaza. Despite the approval,...
View ArticleThe High Court Hears Argument: Is Gilbert’s Sign Ordinance Content-Neutral?...
Last summer, we reported that the U.S. Supreme Court granted Good News Community Church’s (Church) petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
View ArticleWiccan Prisoner Seeking 14 Feet of Rope, Combustible Oils, and Candles Loses...
Ronald Reiske, a Wiccan prisoner incarcerated in a Connecticut prison, thought it reasonable that the correctional facility provide him with the necessary materials and equipment to practice his Wiccan...
View ArticleSupreme Court Holds Prison Grooming Policy Violates RLUIPA: Did Local...
Remember the scene in Home Alone where Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) shaves for the first time, applies aftershave, and then screams in pain from the sting of the alcohol touching his skin (watch...
View ArticleNew Article re How to Avoid and Defend Against RLUIPA Claims
The recent issue of West’s Zoning and Planning Law Report features an article by Evan Seeman that will be of special interest to our readers: RLUIPA Defense Tactics; How to Avoid & Defend Against...
View ArticleHolt v. Hobbs Aftermath: Supreme Court Remands Native American Prisoners’...
Less than a week after its decision in Holt v. Hobbs, the Supreme Court in Knight v. Thompson, No. 13-955 (2015), granted the petition for a writ of certiorari, vacated and remanded the Eleventh...
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