NC County Can't Deny Church Rezoning Bid In Land Use Fight

By Charlie Innis · June 23, 2025, 6:47 PM EDT

Officials in a rural North Carolina county likely violated a religious land use law when rejecting a church's rezoning bid and are barred from denying the organization's request, a federal judge...

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Case Title

THE SUMMIT CHURCH-HOMESTEAD HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, INC. v. CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Case Number

1:25-cv-00113

Court

North Carolina Middle

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

February 14, 2025