Legal Opinion
Mount Elliott Cemetery Association v. City of Troy
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1999No. 97-2146PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Mount Elliott Cemetery Association, appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant, the City of Troy (City), in this action to challenge the City Council’s refusal to rezone certain property for use as a Catholic cemetery. Plaintiff alleges that the denial of the zoning request violated the right to free exercise of religion and denied it equal protection as guaranteed by the United States Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 Plaintiff also claims that the City’s action constituted exclusionary zoning in violation of the…
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