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Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (2024).

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Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [2024] — The court denied the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association's emergency ruling to maintain Sunday beach closures for worship services, finding that state beach access laws prevail over the church's traditional closure practice. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/ocean-grove-camp-meeting-association/, accessed March 26, 2026).

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Year: 2024

Free Exercise Zoning & Land Use

Holding: The court denied the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association's emergency ruling to maintain Sunday beach closures for worship services, finding that state beach access laws prevail over the church's traditional closure practice.

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Ocean Grove's Beach Battle: A Church's Tradition vs. Beach Access Law June 11, 2024

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Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is a Free Exercise case in 2024. The court held that the court denied the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association's emergency ruling to maintain Sunday beach closures for worship services, finding that state beach access laws prevail over the church's traditional closure practice.