PETRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH v. VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK

No. 06-1329.

489 F.3d 846 (2007)

PETRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF NORTHBROOK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 2007.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Mauck (argued), Mauck & Baker, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Steven M. Elrod (argued), Adam M. Kingsley, Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 3, 2007.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This suit, filed in federal district court by Petra, a Presbyterian church that caters to Korean-Americans, charges the Village of Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago, with violating the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. So far as relates to this case, the Act (RLUIPA) forbids a local government to "impose or implement...

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