United States Eleventh Circuit

Judgment in favor of defendant county, finding that defendant did not violate section 2(b)(1) of the RLUIPA by denying plaintiff church a zoning variance, is reversed to the extent the court dismissed plaintiff's constitutional claims, as the incorporated religious organization-plaintiff has standing and has stated a claim under the Constitution and federal laws. The judgment against plaintiff on its RLUIPA claims is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/01/2006
• Published 06/01/2006

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah Lynne Martohue, Martohue Land Use Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David Jay Glantz, James David Rowlee, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Appellee.