Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Inc., and John W. Demetropoulos v. City of New Berlin and Telesfore Wysocki

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• finding that to establish substantial burden, a religious group need not “show that there was no other parcel of land on which it could build its church”
• holding that such factors may constitute a substantial burden
• noting that RLUIPA's substantial burden test aims to protect religious groups from “subtle forms of discrimination when, as in the case of the grant or denial of zoning variances, a state delegates essentially stan-dardless discretion to nonprofessionals operating without procedural safeguards”
• warning of the “vulnerability of religious institutions — especially those that are not affiliated with the mainstream [Christian] sects ... to subtle forms of discrimination”
• addressing a challenge to city’s denial of permit to rezone existing tract of land so that plaintiff could build a church
• addressing a challenge to city’s denial of permit to rezone existing tract of land so that plaintiff could build a church

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