Legal Opinion
Digrugilliers v. Consolidated City of Indianapolis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 2007No. 07-1358PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff is the pastor of the Baptist Church of the West Side, a small congregation (30 to 50 members) that conducts church services in a building that it has leased in a part of Indianapolis zoned C-1. Under the Indianapolis zoning code, the church’s building is a “religious use,” defined as “a land use and all buildings and structures associated therewith devoted primarily to the purpose of divine worship together with reasonably related accessory uses, which are subordinate to and commonly associated with the primary use, which may include but are not limited to,…
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