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District Court Rules on Ripeness of Claim Under RLUIPA

When does a RLUIPA claim become ripe? A federal district court in the Southern District of New York dismissed a RLUIPA claim as unripe, borrowing ripeness doctrine from the takings context and declining to apply a "futility exception" to the requirement that a landowner obtain a final decision before proceeding to federal court.

6 minute read December 01, 2022 at 12:07 AM
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Stewart E. Sterk
District Court Rules on Ripeness of Claim Under RLUIPA

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) protects religious users against abusive municipal land use practices. But when does a RLUIPA claim become ripe? In Rabbi Israel Meyer Hacochen Rabbinical Seminary of America v.

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