Legal Opinion
City of Elgin v. All Nations Worship Center
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 20, 2006No. 2-06-0238PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Callum
In 2003, defendant, All Nations Worship Center (All Nations), began conducting worship services in Elgin. The city filed a complaint in the circuit court alleging that, under title 19 of the municipal code (the zoning ordinance), a church was not a permitted use in the district where All Nations was operating. All Nations responded with a counterclaim alleging that the zoning ordinance was unconstitutional and violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) (42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (2000)). The trial court dismissed the counterclaim and All Nations…
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