Legal Opinion
World Outreach Conference Center v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 2009No. 08-4167, 09-2142PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We have consolidated for decision two cases presenting the recurring issue of the rights of religious organizations to avoid having to comply with local land-use regulations. Analysis requires threading our way through a maze of statutory and constitutional provisions and we begin there, which is to say with the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seq., Illinois’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 775 ILCS 35/1 et seq., and the Constitution’s free exercise, establishment, and due process clauses.
The federal Act…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Midrash Sephardi, Inc. v. Town of SurfsideCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Roman Catholic Bishop v. City of SpringfieldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel CrestCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Livingston Christian Schools v. Genoa Charter TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
- Church of Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ v. City of MarkhamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- World Outreach Conference Cent v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
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