U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Tree of Life Christian Sch. v. City of Upper Arlington, Ohio
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge Ronald Lee Gilman
- Senior Judge Julia Smith Gibbons
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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Sept. 18, 2018decided Decision issued in Tree of Life Christian Sch. v. City of Upper Arlington, Ohio
Opinions and writings
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 18a0206p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT TREE OF LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellant, │ │…
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge. This case arises out of a zoning dispute between Tree of Life Christian Schools *361(Tree of Life) and the City of Upper Arlington, Ohio. In 2001, Upper Arlington adopted a Master Plan to guide its zoning decisions. The Master Plan emphasizes the need to increase the City's revenue by attracting business develo…
THAPAR, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Since the founding of this nation, religious groups have been able to "sit in safety under [their] own vine and figtree, [with] none to make [them] afraid." Letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, R.I. (Aug. 18, 1790). In keeping with that promise over two hundred years later, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLU…