Be the Bush Recovery Ministries v. Coffee County, TN

Type

Opinion

Author

Chad Andrew Readler

Filed

Oct. 2, 2025

Case

Be the Bush Recovery Ministries v. Coffee County, TN

Case status

Decided

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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0448n.06 Case No. 24-5538 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Oct 02, 2025 ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk BE THE BUSH RECOVERY MINISTRIES, ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED v. ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF COFFEE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ) TENNESSEE Defendant-Appellee. ) ) OPINION Before: READLER, MURPHY, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges. READLER, Circuit Judge. Be the Bush Recovery Ministries (“BTB”) ran a faith-based residential rehabilitation program for recovering addicts in Coffee County, Tennessee. Seeking to expand, BTB agreed to purchase a former elementary school, now a large home, in the County. But the property was subject to zoning restrictions prohibiting the operation of a recovery facility. Failing to persuade the County to change those rules, BTB sued, alleging violations of a host of federal statutes as well as the Fourteenth Amendment. Between summary judgment and trial, the County prevailed on all claims, prompting BTB’s appeal. We now affirm. No. 24-5538, Be the Bush Recovery Ministries v. Coffee Cnty., Tenn. I. A. BTB is a Christian, Tennessee-based nonprofit. It has…

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