United States Third Circuit

District court failed to determine whether a proposed land use was similarly situated to uses currently permitted, in finding that certain provisions of a township's zoning ordinance violated equal protection by not permitting churches in a residential district.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/29/2002
• Decided 10/16/2002
• Published 10/16/2002

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, ROTH and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marci A. Hamilton, (Argued), Washington's Crossing, PA, Harry G. Mahoney, Carla P. Maresca, Michael L. Barbiero, Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants., D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, Howard G. Hopkirk, Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Appellate Litigation Section, Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus-Curiae Appellant Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerome M. Marcus, Jonathan Auerbach, Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr. (Argued), Roman P. Storzer, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Appellees., Stefan Presser, Larry Frankel, American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Curiae-Appellees the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the American Jewish Committee., Ronald A. Krauss, Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, Wayne, Mark D. Stern,American Jewish Congress, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae-Appellee the American Jewish Congress.