Legal Opinion
Church of Our Savior v. City of Jacksonville Beach
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided November 25, 2014No. Case No. 3:13-cv-1346-J-32JBTPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN, District Judge.
This dispute lies at the intersection of a church’s right to practice its religion and a local government’s power to regulate land use. Plaintiff Church of Our Savior challenges . Defendant City of . Jacksonville Beach’s denial of the Church’s request for a conditional use permit to build a church on property zoned residential. This case is brought under three provisions of the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc.
At the Church’s request and with good cause, the…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Church of Our Savior v. City of Jacksonville BeachDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2015
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