Legal Opinion
Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas v. City of Yuma
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided January 30, 2009No. CV-08-996-PHX-NVWPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, and ORDER
NEIL V. WAKE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas (“the Church”) purchased a property at 354 S. Main St. in downtown Yuma, Arizona intending to use the facility as a church. The City’s Planning and Zoning Commission denied the Church a conditional use permit (“CUP”), so the Church and its pastor, Jorge Orozco, brought this suit for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. § § 2000cc to 2000cc-5, the First…
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