Recent Developments in RLUIPA and Religious Land Use

The court noted that the Diocese never put forth any actual plan for the sale or deconsecration of the Church, and it did not apply to the historical commission for approval. [...]the City did not have a chance to show whether it would accommodate any potential plan of the Diocese.20 The Court went on to point out that the Diocese's futility argument was also flawed because it never actually put forth a plan to demolish or alter the Church.\n132 Eagle Cove subsequently filed suit against the County and Woodboro in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin alleging, among other things, violations of RLUIPA's exclusion and limits clauses.133 The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the County and Woodboro on all claims.134 In particular, the district court found that neither Woodboro nor the County prohibited religious assemblies from their jurisdictions.