United States Seventh Circuit

Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, if a land-use decision imposes a substantial burden on religious exercise, and the decision maker cannot justify it, the inference arises that hostility to religion influenced the decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2004
• Decided 02/01/2005
• Published 02/01/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel W. Hildebrand (argued), Dewitt, Ross & Stevens, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Marci A. Hamilton (argued), Washington Crossing, PA, for City of New Berlin., Kevin P. Reak, Gunta & Reak, Milwaukee, WI, for Telesfore Wysocki., Eric W. Treene (argued), Karen L. Stevens, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.