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CHABAD LUBAVITCH v. LITCHFIELD HISTORIC DIST.

Nos. 12-1057-cv (Lead), 12-1495-cv (Con).

768 F.3d 183 (2014)

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY, INC., Joseph Eisenbach, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiff, v. LITCHFIELD HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION, Borough of Litchfield, Connecticut, Glenn Hillman, Kathleen Crawford, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, Town of Litchfield, Connecticut, Doe, Police Dog, Wendy Kuhne, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Nelson (Kenneth R. Slater, Jr., Halloran & Sage, LLP, Hartford, CT, on the brief), American Liberties Institute, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

C. Scott Schwefel, Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel LLC, West Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Litchfield Historic Commission and Borough of Litchfield, Connecticut.

James Stedronsky, Stedronsky & D'Andrea, LLC, Litchfield, CT, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Glenn Hillman and Kathleen Crawford.

April J. Anderson, Jessica Dunsay Silver, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Kevin T. Snider, Pacific Justice Institute, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Justice Institute.

Before: WALKER, LIVINGSTON, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.

DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:

The Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County, Inc. ("Chabad"), a Connecticut membership corporation founded and currently presided over by Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach ("Rabbi Eisenbach"), purchased property in the Borough of Litchfield's Historic District with the intention of expanding the existing building on the property to accommodate the Chabad's religious mission. Pursuant to Connecticut state law, the Chabad applied to the Borough...

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