FROM THE NEWSROOM: LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals - TopicsExpress



          

FROM THE NEWSROOM: LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated a Jewish groups lawsuit accusing the Litchfield Historic District Commission of religious discrimination when it rejected plans for a synagogue in 2007. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeals in New York City ruled Friday that federal Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven was wrong to dismiss the lawsuit by Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut. The panel said Hall erred by ruling that part of a federal law barring government interference in religious exercise didnt apply to the case. The Historic District Commission decided Chabad Lubavitchs proposed 17,000-square-foot addition to an 1870s Victorian house was too large for the local historic district. The commissions lawyer says hes confident Chabad Lubavitchs case will again be dismissed in U.S. District Court.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:52:37 +0000

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