Legal Opinion

Country Mill Farms, LLC v. East Lansing, City of

District Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided August 21, 2023No. 1:17-cv-00487Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION COUNTRY MILL FARMS, LLC and ) STEPHEN TENNES, ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 1:17-cv-487 -v- ) ) Honorable Paul L. Maloney CITY OF EAST LANSING, ) Defendant. ) ) OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S RULE 52(c) MOTION The City of East Lansing requires vendors for its Farmer’s Market to comply with the City’s public policy against discrimination. Country Mill Farms offers to rent a portion of its property for weddings. Country Mill Farms, however, will not rent the property for same- sex weddings. Because of this general…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União Do VegetalSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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