Dad’s Place v. Bryan, Ohio (regulatory appeal)
The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals remanded the case with orders to apply strict scrutiny to a church's claim that overnight shelter o…
Zoning & Land Use
19 articlesGuatay Christian Fellowship v. County of San Diego
The district court issued a preliminary injunction against the County's cease and desist order requiring the church to obtain a Major Use Pe…
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.
Jeremy Ray Morris and Kristy Morris v. West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association, Inc.
A reasonable jury could find that a homeowners association interfered with homeowners' enjoyment of their property due to religious discrimi…
Anchor Stone Christian Church v. City of Santa Ana
The city of Santa Ana violated federal religious freedom laws by imposing zoning restrictions that prevented the church from using its prope…
Youth 71Five Ministries v. Williams
Oregon can enforce nondiscrimination rules for state-funded youth programs but cannot apply such rules to privately funded programs operated…
Muslims on Long Island, Inc. v. Oyster Bay
Local zoning ordinances requiring stricter parking standards for religious buildings than comparable secular uses violate the Religious Land…
Dad’s Place v. State of Ohio
The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals remanded the case to trial court with orders to apply strict scrutiny to the church's claim that ov…
Schoff v. Illinois Human Rights Commission
Village enforcement of septic code requirements was lawful and not discriminatory; there was no evidence the village targeted the plaintiffs…