Legal Opinion
Armin Grosz, Sarah Grosz and Naftali Grosz v. The City of Miami Beach, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 19, 1983No. 82-5476PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case calls for the accommodation of two important values, both embodied in the spirit and letter of the Constitution: free exercise of religion and the effective use by a state of its police powers. That accommodation consists of a balancing process, leading to a scheme of compromise between the two values that best accords with constitutional mandates. The accommodation we make today, between Appellees’ interest in holding religious services in their home and the zoning powers of the City of Miami Beach (“the City”), arises out of the following facts.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by77 opinions
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