Legal Opinion
Village of Bensenville v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 4, 2006No. 05-1383PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act- (“RFRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq., requires strict scrutiny of a federal agency’s approval of an airport layout plan incident to a determination of eligibility for federal funding if the plan, when implemented by a subdivision of a state, may burden religious exercise. Because O’Hare International Airport, by some measures “the busiest airport in the…
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