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RIVER OF LIFE KINGDOM MIN. v. VILLAGE HAZEL CREST

No. 08-2819.

585 F.3d 364 (2009)

RIVER OF LIFE KINGDOM MINISTRIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent M. Auricchio, Chicago, IL, David R. Langdon (argued), Langdon Law LLC, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John B. Murphey (argued), Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before CUDAHY, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

River of Life Kingdom Ministries ("the Church") attempted to relocate its congregation from a crowded warehouse in Chicago Heights to its very own property—a dated fixer-upper in a blighted community in the Village of Hazel Crest. The problem was the Village had a zoning ordinance in place that designated the area a "Service Business District." The ordinance permitted a number of commercial uses for the property, but not religious services...

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