Legal Opinion
Petra Presbyterian Church v. Village of Northbrook
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 2007No. 06-1329PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit, filed in federal district court by Petra, a Presbyterian church that caters to Korean-Americans, charges the Village of Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago, with violating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. So far as relates to this case, the Act (RLUIPA) forbids a local government to “impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that” either “imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government demonstrates that…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Midrash Sephardi, Inc. v. Town of SurfsideCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Civil Liberties for Urban Believers, Christ Center, Christian Covenant Outreach Church v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Coral Springs Street Systems, Inc. v. City of SunriseCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by49 opinions
- Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County, Inc. v. Litchfield Historic District CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Leora H. Bell v. City of Country Club HillsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- General Auto Service Station v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Bethel World Outreach Ministries v. Montgomery County CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel v. City of San LeandroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
44 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.