Legal Opinion
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Inc., and John W. Demetropoulos v. City of New Berlin and Telesfore Wysocki
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 04-2326PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by a Greek Orthodox church (we’ll call it the “Church”) against a small town in Wisconsin (officially a “City”) named New Berlin. There are additional parties on both sides, but there is no need to discuss them. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants.
The suit is based on subsection (a)(1) of the cumbersomely titled Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc. That subsection forbids a government agency to “impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial…
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