Question Presented (AI Summary)
Must a religious organization seeking to build a church prove that it is precluded from using other sites within a municipality's jurisdiction and/or that the municipality's reasons for denying a permit are arbitrary before it can establish that a zoning permit denial to use property as a church imposed a substantial burden on its religious exercise under RLUIPA, or should substantial burden be established by the totality of the circumstances?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Must a religious organization seeking to build a church prove that it is precluded from using other sites within a municipality’s jurisdiction and/or that the municipality’s reasons for denying a permit are arbitrary before it can establish that a zoning permit denial to use property as a church imposed a substantial burden on its religious exercise under RLUIPA, or should substant ial burden be established by the totality of the circumstances?
2025-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-10
Reply of Spirit of Aloha Temple, a Hawai‘i nonprofit corporation, et al. submitted.
2025-10-28
Reply of petitioners Spirit of Aloha Temple, a Hawaii nonprofit corporation, et al. filed.
2025-10-28
Reply of petitioners Spirit of Aloha Temple, a Hawai‘i nonprofit corporation, et al. filed.
2025-10-14
Brief of respondent County of Maui, Hawaii in opposition filed.
2025-10-14
Brief of County of Maui in opposition submitted.
2025-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 14, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
2025-09-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 13, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-09-10
Motion of County of Maui for an extension of time submitted.
2025-07-30
Brief amicus curiae of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed.
2025-07-30
Amicus brief of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty submitted.
2025-07-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 29, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
2025-07-21
Motion of County of Maui to extend the time to file a response from July 30, 2025 to September 28, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-21
Motion of County of Maui for an extension of time submitted.
2025-07-02
Waiver of right of respondent Hawaii to respond filed.
2025-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2025)