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GREATER BIBLE WAY TEMPLE OF JACKSON v. CITY OF JACKSON

Docket Nos. 250863, 255966.

708 N.W.2d 756 (2005)

268 Mich. App. 673

The GREATER BIBLE WAY TEMPLE OF JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF JACKSON, Jackson Planning Commission, and Jackson City Council, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 10, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication January 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubbard, Fox, Thomas, White & Bengtson, P.C. (by Michael G. Woodworth, Brian W. Surgener, and Mark T. Koerner), Lansing, for the plaintiff.

Julius A. Giglio, City Attorney, Susan G. Murphy, Acting Deputy City Attorney, and John W. Stanowski, Assistant City Attorney, Jackson, for the defendants.

Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Hampton, Truex & Morley (by Gerald A. Fisher and John J. Martin, III), Farmington Hills, for the Michigan Municipal League.

Before: FORT HOOD, P.J., and METER and SCHUETTE, JJ.

METER, J.

In this case involving the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 USC 2000cc et seq., defendants appeal as of right from a judgment for plaintiff entered after a bench trial. Defendants also appeal as of right from an order awarding plaintiff attorney fees and costs. We affirm in both cases.

Plaintiff purchased eight parcels of land for the purpose of constructing an assisted living center for elderly and disabled...

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