Legal Opinion
Village Lutheran Church v. City of Ladue
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 1999No. ED 75080PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrandall, J.
Plaintiff, Village Lutheran Church, appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, City of Ladue (hereinafter City), in its action for damages against City for violating its rights to the free exercise of religion in requiring it to apply for a special use permit and in denying that application. We affirm.
The record reveals that Village Lutheran Church (hereinafter Church) filed an application with City for a special use permit to expand the Church’s facilities. The Church proposed an addition of a multipurpose building to be attached to the existing Church…
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