Legal Opinion
Kamal Youkhanna v. City of Sterling Heights
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2019No. 18-1874PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from the settlement of another case. In 2015, the American Islamic Community Center (AICC) applied for zoning permission to build a mosque in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The City's planning commission denied AICC's request, and AICC sued. The City decided to settle the lawsuit, which alleged violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the First Amendment, and it negotiated a consent judgment that allowed AICC to build the mosque. This lawsuit challenges the validity of that consent judgment, along with…
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