PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA HISPANA v. BROWARD COUNTY

No. 04-15898.

450 F.3d 1295 (2006)

PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA HISPANA OF BOCA RATON, INC., a Florida corporation, Augusto Pratts, David Pratts, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. BROWARD COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Lynne Martohue, Martohue Land Use Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Appellants.

David Jay Glantz, James David Rowlee, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Appellee.

Before BIRCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana of Boca Raton, Inc. ("Primera" or "the Church") appeals from the entry of final judgment, after a bench trial, in favor of the defendant, Broward County ("the County"). The district court found that the County did not violate section 2(b)(1) (the "Equal Terms Provision") of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ("RLUIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc(b)(1), by denying Primera a zoning ...

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