Legal Opinion
Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas v. City of Yuma
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 09-15422PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
We address the “equal terms” provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). 1
I. Facts
Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas, founded in 1998, is a Christian congregation of around 250 members, associated with the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention. The church sued for a declaratory judgment, injunction, and damages, when the City of Yuma prevented it from conducting church services in a building it had bought for that purpose.
The parties agreed to consolidate the preliminary injunction hearing with trial on the merits, and…
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