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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas
A city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.
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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas (D. 2020).
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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas (U.S. District Court, 2020). https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/new-harvest-christian-fellowship/
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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas [U.S. District Court, 2020] — A city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/new-harvest-christian-fellowship/, accessed October 26, 2026).
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Holding: A city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.
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New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. District Court in 2020. The court held that a city may exclude churches from downtown areas or impose unequal land use restrictions on churches compared to secular assembly uses.