SCOTUS Petitions to Watch includes a RLUIPA case
SCOTUS Blog’s regular preview of petitions to watch lists this case which will be of interest to many ADF Alliance Alert readers:
Docket: 07-1111
Case name: The Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, Inc., et al. v. City of Long Branch, New Jersey
Issue: Whether, under the First Amendment or the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, municipalities may exclude religious groups from particular zones while allowing some secular groups.
- Opinion below (3rd Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
This is a Becket Fund case. The Becket Fund is the sponsor of this website: www.rluipa.com