Legal Opinion
Corp. of the Presiding Bishop v. City of West Linn
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided May 5, 2005No. LUBA 2002-155; CA A122194; SC S51504PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBalmer, J.
In this land use dispute, the Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the church) challenges the City of West Linn’s (the city’s) denial of a conditional use permit (CUP) to build a new meetinghouse. The church argues that the denial constituted a “substantial burden” on religious exercise as that term is used in the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 USC §§ 2000cc - 2000cc-5 (2000); which prohibits a government entity from implementing a land use regulation that imposes such a burden unless imposing that…
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