Legal Opinion
Pillar of Fire v. Denver Urban Renewal Authority
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 14, 1973No. 25799PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Erickson
The Denver Urban Renewal Authority filed a petition to condemn Memorial Hall, the first permanent church building of the Pillar of Fire Church. In an original proceeding, the church seeks to prohibit the Renewal Authority and the District Court from proceeding further. We issued a rule to show cause and now discharge the rule and remand for proceedings consistent with the views expressed in this opinion.
We are faced with a possible confrontation between the state’s power to carry out its urban renewal program and the protection afforded a religious institution by the First Amendment of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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- BETHLEHEM EV. LUTH. CHURCH v. City of LakewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
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