In December, we reported that the Mahwah Township Council (“Council”) voted to withdraw two ordinances at the center of RLUIPA litigation involving the expansion of an eruv proposed by Bergen Rockland Eruv Association...more
In an update to our previous post about an eruv dispute in New Jersey, the Mahwah Township Council has voted to withdraw two ordinances at the center of a religious discrimination lawsuit involving the construction of an...more
We recently posted about a lawsuit filed by Bergen Rockland Eruv Association, Inc. (“BREA”) against the Township of Mahwah, New Jersey, regarding a dispute over the expansion of an eruv. Since then, eruv disputes have evoked...more
11/20/2017
/ Equal Protection ,
Establishment Clause ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Freedom of Association ,
Local Ordinance ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
Right of Way ,
RLUIPA ,
State and Local Government ,
Stop Work Orders
Last month, Bayonne Muslims, a New Jersey not-for-profit religious congregation, sued the City of Bayonne, New Jersey (the “City”), challenging the City’s denial of certain variances needed to construct a mosque. ...more
6/8/2017
/ Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
RLUIPA ,
State and Local Government ,
Variances ,
Zoning Laws