Legal Opinion
River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2010No. 08-2819PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The court granted rehearing en banc to consider the proper standard for applying the equal-terms provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc. That provision states that “no government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that treats a religious assembly or institution on less than equal terms with a nonreligious assembly or institution.” § 2000cc(b)(l).
The appellant, River of Life, is a small church (it has 67 members, only about half of whom attend services on an average Sunday) that at present…
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