Legal Opinion
Madison v. Riter
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided January 25, 2006No. 7:01 CV 00596PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TURK, Senior District Judge.
The issues before the court at this juncture are whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Spending Clause or the Commerce Clause or violated other, federalism provisions of the Constitution in enacting section 3 of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc through 2000cc-5. Because the court concludes that Congress properly exercised its spending power by unambiguously conditioning grants of federal funds on accommodation of prisoners’ religious exercise, the court also concludes that section 3…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Madison v. VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Ira W. Madison, and United States of America, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Commonwealth of Virginia, and R. Riter, A/K/A R. Ruter, Ccs Chairman Karen Polinsky Duncan Mills D.J. Armstrong Gary Bass, Chief of Operations, Ccs Lewis B. Cei, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Incorporated the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Coalition of Prison Chaplain Associations, Amici Supporting Ira W. Madison, and United States of America, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee v. Gary L. Bass, in His Official Capacity as Chief of Operations of Offender Management Services for the Virginia Department of Corrections Louis B. Cei, in His Official Capacity as Special Programs Manager for the Virginia Department of Corrections Duncan Mills, in His Official Capacity as Central Classification Supervisor for the Virginia Department of Corrections Commonwealth of Virginia, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Incorporated the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty Coalition of Prison Chaplain Associations, Amici SupportingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
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