Legal Opinion
Living Water Church of God v. Charter Township of Meridian
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 23, 2005No. 1:04-cr-00006PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Living Water Church of God, d/b/a Okemos Christian Center, filed this action against Defendants Charter Township of Meridian and individual Meridian Township Board members claiming that Defendants violated Plaintiffs rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. (“RLUIPA”), 1 when they denied Plaintiffs application for a Special Use Permit to build a structure in excess of 25,000 square feet on its property in Meridian Township. This matter was tried to the Court on February 28-29,…
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