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Ohio Federal District Court Finds RLUIPA Constitutional
Loaded on June 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 16
In a case of first impression in the Sixth U.S. Circuit, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has refused to dismiss Ohio prisoners' religious rights claims based on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §§2000cc, et. seq. The court instead found …
Filed under:
RLUIPA,
Religious Freedom,
Denial of Religious Services,
Religious Practices,
Religious Property,
Clergy.
Location:
Ohio.
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