Legal Opinion
Society for Ethical Culture v. Spatt
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1980PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*452OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
At issue in this case is the propriety of the action of New York City’s Landmark Preservation Commission in designating as a landmark the Meeting House of the Society of Ethical Culture of the City of New York (Society). The Society argues that the designation, with its attendant restrictions on the use of the property, is a confiscation without due compensation and an interference with the free exercise of the Society’s religious purpose. The Appellate Division held that this landmark designation was a permissible land use regulation. We affirm.
The Society is…
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