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CENTRO FAMILIAR CRISTIANO v. CITY OF YUMA

No. 09-15422.

651 F.3d 1163 (2011)

CENTRO FAMILIAR CRISTIANO BUENAS NUEVAS and Jorge Orozco, Pastor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF YUMA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron J. Babione, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, for the appellants.

Ronald W. Messerly, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellee.

Christopher C. Wang, United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for the amicus curiae.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, A. WALLACE TASHIMA and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

We address the "equal terms" provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).1

I. Facts

Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas, founded in 1998, is a Christian congregation of around 250 members, associated with the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention. The church sued for a declaratory judgment, injunction, and damages, when the City of Yuma prevented...

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