RLUIPA | religious land use

Here are items we’re reading today, in no particular order:

  • Bill Ward’s thoughts on Klumpp v. City of Avalon, the recent New Jersey Supreme Court case about inverse condemnation and beach restoration. Our take here.
  • From Honolulu Civil Beat comes Michael Levine’s recent three-part series on the multi-billion dollar Honolulu rail project. Start

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Here are some recently-released opinions; none so earth-shattering that they merit their own post, but definitely worth reading:

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In City of Jordan v. Church of St. John the Baptist of Jordan, No. CV-07-24976 (Apr. 14, 2009), the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a state law requiring the consent of a church’s governing board before its land can be taken for road or street purposes requires consent before a city can take…

Several items of interest:

  • California Coastal Commission: “You must farm” – As a condition of allowing a Northern California family to build a home, the California Coastal Commission demanded that they dedicate an “agricultural easement” on their 143-acre parcel.  In other words, as a condition of use, the Commission requires a family that has never

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Instead of an in-person Spring Meeting this year, the ABA Section of State & Local Government Law will be “meeting” virtually from March 31-April 2, 2009.  As part of the meeting, the Section will be featuring a series of teleconference and live audio webcasts on a variety of subjects including topics near and dear to…

Some interesting items have crossed my desk on Friday and Saturday:

  • From the Grand Theft: Property blog, Jim Mattson posts his thoughts about Monks v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, 67 Cal. App. 4th 263 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008), the case in which a California Court of Appeals held that a municipality’s development moratorium

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Thanks to SCOTUSblog for posting the cert petition, filed on January 5, 2008, in Navajo Nation v. United States Forest Service, No. 08A368.

The petition seeks review of an en banc Ninth Circuit panel decision holding it was not a “substantial burden” on the religious exercises of Native American tribes for the Forest…

Thanks to Professor Friedman’s Religion Clause blog for the post about the federal government seeking Supreme Court review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Buono v. Kempthorne, No. 05-55852 (Sep. 6, 2007). In that case, the Ninth Circuit invalidated a land swap on Establishment Clause grounds. The Solicitor General’s cert petition suggests two Questions…