WORD SEED CHURCH v. VILLAGE OF HOMEWOOD

No. 21-1965.

43 F.4th 688 (2022)

The WORD SEED CHURCH and Civil Liberties for Urban Believers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF HOMEWOOD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Mauck , Attorney, Andrew Scott Willis , Attorney, Mauck & Baker, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Brandon K. Lemley , Attorney, Querrey & Harrow, LTD, Chicago, IL, Thomas Everett Soule , Attorney, Patton & Ryan, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Rovner, Hamilton, and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


The Word Seed Church and an organization to which it belongs, Civil Liberties for Urban Believers1, sued the Village of Homewood, Illinois, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. The...

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