THAI MEDITATION ASS'N OF ALABAMA, v. CITY OF MOBILE

No. 22-11674.

83 F.4th 922 (2023)

THAI MEDITATION ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA, INC., (the "Center"), Sivaporn Nimityongskul, Varin Nimityongskul, Serena Nimityongskul, Prasit Nimityongskul, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee, City of Mobile Planning Commission, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: October 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman P. Storzer , John G. Stepanovich , Blair Lazarus Storzer , Storzer & Associates, PC, Washington, DC, John L. Lawler , Attorney, John L. Lawler , Attorney at Law, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Taylor Barr Johnson , Michael David Strasavich , Burr & Forman, LLP, Mobile, AL, Douglas L. Anderson , Bowron Latta & Wasden, PC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Kelsey Curtis , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, Michael W. McConnell , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for Amicus Curiae Sikh Coalition.

John Archer Meiser , Notre Dame Law School, Religious Liberty Clinic, Notre Dame, IN, for Amicus Curiae Notre Dame Law School, Religious Liberty Clinic.

Rory Thomas Gray , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, Steffen Nathanael Johnson , John Bernard Kenney , Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty.

Steffen Nathanael Johnson , Kelsey Curtis , John Bernard Kenney , Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, Joshua Craddock , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Boulder, CO, Michael W. McConnell , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for Amici Curiae The General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, Anti-Defamation League, American Civil Liberties Union, Muslim Advocates, Sikh American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Thai American Bar Association.

William J. Haun , Eric S. Baxter , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Charles Richard Allan Morse , Jack Millman , Jones Day, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Christian Legal Society, The Hindu American Foundation, The Coalition for Jewish Values.

John J. Bursch , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, Ryan J. Tucker , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, for Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Freedom.

Joshua Craddock , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Boulder, CO, Kelsey Curtis , John Bernard Kenney , Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, Michael W. McConnell , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for ACLU of Alabama.

Steffen Nathanael Johnson , Kelsey Curtis , John Bernard Kenney , Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC, Joshua Craddock , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Boulder, CO, Michael W. McConnell , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

Before Wilson, Jill Pryor, Circuit Judges, and Conway, District Judge.


In this long-running property use dispute, the plaintiffs, the Thai Meditation Association of Alabama and four of its organizers (collectively, TMAA), seek to convert a property zoned for residential use into a meditation center. In Thai Meditation Association of Alabama v. City of Mobile, 980 F.3d 821 (11th Cir. 2020...

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