Legal Opinion
Ira Iglesia De La Biblia Abierta v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 6, 1996No. 96 C 3487PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, District Judge.
Before the court is the motion of defendants City of Chicago and William Banks to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons stated in this opinion, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.
BACKGROUND
The plaintiffs allegations, which we treat as true and view in a light most favorable to the plaintiff for the purposes of this motion, are as follows. Plaintiff Ira Iglesia de la Biblia Abierta (“Abierta”) is a church…
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Diggs v. SnyderAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002
- Ira Iglesia de la Biblia Abierta v. BanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Ira Iglesia De La Biblia Abierta v. William Banks, C.L.U.B. (Civil Liberties for Urban Believers), Christ Center, Christian Covenant Outreach Church, His Word Ministries to All Nations, Christian Bible Church, Church on the Way Praise Center, Monte De Sion (Mount Zion) Church, and Living Word Ministries v. Patrick HuelsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Diggs v. SnyderAppellate Court of Illinois · 2002