“Justices Rule Cities Can Take Property for Private Development”
Read a June 23, 2005, New York Times story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London (Conn.)
Tag: houses of worship
“Where Religion Meets Real Estate, a Developer and a Town Face Off”
Read a Jan. 21, 2007, New York Times article about an RLUIPA dispute involving a rabbinical college in Pomona, N.Y.
“Court Elbows Village In Favor of Religious Rights”
Read an Oct. 21, 2007, New York Times article on the RLUIPA dispute involving the Orthodox Jewish School in Mamaronick, N.Y.
“Deal clears way for Buddhist temple”
Read a Sept. 18, 2008, Los Angeles Times article on the RLUIPA dispute involving a Vietnamese Buddhist congregation in Garden Grove, Calif.
“Zoning battles endanger religious freedom, test spirit of law”
Read a June 24, 2010, post about zoning battles and religious freedom on the blog of the Association of Religion Data Archives.
“Testing Property and Prisoner Protections”
Read a July 2010 Christianity Today article about how court cases are testing RLUIPA’s strength.
“Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles”
Read a Sept. 4, 2010, New York Times article on RLUIPA disputes involving mosques in New York, Tennessee, California and elsewhere.
“Supreme Court denies Boulder County’s request to weigh in on church expansion”
Read a Jan. 10, 2011, Boulder Daily Camera article on the RLUIPA dispute involving the Rocky Mountain Christian Church.
“Cash-strapped cities look to tax churches for road use”
Read a Jan. 21, 2011, Religion News Service article about how cash-strapped municipalities seek to tax religious groups for road use.