Legal Opinion
Boyajian v. Gatzunis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2000No. 03-1383PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case involves a constitutional challenge under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to a state law and a town ordinance that prohibit municipal authorities from excluding religious uses of property from any zoning area. It is brought by a group of residents of Belmont, Massachusetts, against Belmont officials and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, challenging the construction of a large temple on the edge of a residential district in the town. The district court upheld both provisions of law, *3granting summary judgment for defendants…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Matthew Perkins v. International Paper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2019
- Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Hanover School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. v. Town of FraminghamDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
- Westchester Day School v. Village of MamaroneckDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- C.L.U.B. v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
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