JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER v. BALTIMORE CNTY., MD

No. 18-1450.

915 F.3d 256 (2019)

JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER MINISTRIES, INC.; Rev. Lucy Ware, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND; Board of Appeals of Baltimore County, Maryland, Defendants-Appellees. United States of America, Amicus Supporting Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Roman P. Storzer , STORZER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. James Joseph Nolan, Jr. , Paul M. Mayhew , BALTIMORE COUNTY OFFICE OF LAW, Towson, Maryland, for Appellees. John Matthew Gore , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States of America. ON BRIEF: Sieglinde K. Rath , STORZER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Lawrence E. Schmidt , SMITH GILDEA & SCHMIDT LLC, Towson, Maryland, for Appellants. Michael E. Field , County Attorney, R. Brady Locher , Assistant County Attorney, BALTIMORE COUNTY OFFICE OF LAW, Towson, Maryland, for Appellees. Tovah R. Calderon , Katherine E. Lamm , Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States of America.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Diaz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Agee joined.


Jesus Christ Is the Answer Ministries, Inc. (the "Church") and Reverend Lucy Ware appeal the dismissal of their claims against Baltimore County and the Board of Appeals of Baltimore County. The district court dismissed Plaintiffs' suit for failure to state a claim under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act...

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