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SAN JOSE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE v. MORGAN HILL

No. 02-15693.

360 F.3d 1024 (2004)

SAN JOSE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MORGAN HILL, a municipal corporation of the State of California; Dennis Kennedy; Larry Carr; Steve Tate; Hedy L. Chang; Greg Sellers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Dodd (argued), Tustin, California; William B. Clayton, Jr., Clayton & McEvoy, P.C., San Jose, California; Brad Dacus, June Jantz, Pacific Justice Institute, Citrus Heights, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Ramirez (argued), Jeffrey T. Melching, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Costa Mesa, California; Helene L. Leichter, City Attorney, City of Morgan Hill, for the defendants-appellees.

Geoffrey L. Robinson, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Walnut Creek, California; Michael S. Giaimo, Robinson & Cole, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for amicus curiae American Planning Association.

Roman P. Storzer, Kevin J. Hasson, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Christine Lockhart, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Various Christian, Jewish and Muslim Organizations.

Amy Greyson, T. Peter Pierce, Richards, Watson & Gershon, Brea, California, for amici curiae City of Alameda and Sixty-One Other California Cities and Towns.

Before: William C. CANBY, JR., ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit JOHNNIE B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted May 14, 2003 — San Francisco, California.

Opinion by Judge Rawlinson.

OPINION

JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge.

The clash between land use regulations and religiously-affiliated landowners continues. In this case, the City of Morgan Hill ("the City") denied a re-zoning application submitted by San Jose Christian College ("College"). Because we conclude that the City's determination did not violate College's...

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