Legal Opinion
Lakewood, Ohio Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. v. City of Lakewood, Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1983No. 82-3004PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The principal question presented in this appeal is whether a municipal zoning ordinance, which prohibits the construction of church buildings in virtually all residential districts in the city, violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. 1 Although many state courts have addressed this issue, 2 no other federal circuit court has resolved the question.
The Lakewood, Ohio Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, as a representative of its individual members, sued the City of Lakewood. It challenged the City’s comprehensive zoning plan which…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by97 opinions
- Midrash Sephardi, Inc. v. Town of SurfsideCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Norbert C. Pearson, Also Known as Spike v. City of Grand Blanc, J. Larry TomlinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Korean Buddhist Dae Won Sa Temple v. SullivanHawaii Supreme Court · 1998
- Patricia Johnson Michael Au France v. City of CincinnatiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, Inc. v. City of Long BranchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
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