Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Zoning Commission of the Town of New Milford
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 30, 2003No. CIV.3:00CV2297(HBF)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
FITZSIMMONS, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This ease involves the very important issue of whether a cease and desist order issued by the defendant Zoning Enforcement Officer (“ZEO”), at the request of the defendant Zoning Commission of the Town of New Milford (“NMZC”), violates plaintiffs’ rights under the United States Constitution, the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, and/or Connecticut’s Act Concerning Religious Freedom (“ACRF”). Also at…
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