REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH v. PRINCE GEORGE'S CTY.

No. 20-2125.

17 F.4th 497 (2021)

The REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (VICTORY TEMPLE) BOWIE, MARYLAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. Defendant-Appellant. Sikh Coalition; General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donald A. Rea , SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Meghan K. Casey, GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Ashley N. Fellona , SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Ward B. Coe III , Joseph C. Dugan , GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Christopher Pagliarella , YALE LAW SCHOOL FREE EXERCISE CLINIC, Washington, D.C.; Amrith Kaur Aakre , Cindy Nesbit , THE SIKH COALITION, New York, New York; Erika A. Maley , Christopher S. Ross , Alaric R. Smith , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge THACKER and Judge RICHARDSON joined.


In this RLUIPA civil action that was initiated in the District of Maryland in November 2019, the district court ruled against defendant Prince George's County, Maryland (the "County"), and in favor of plaintiff The Redeemed Christian Church of God (Victory Temple) Bowie, Maryland ("Victory Temple").1

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