Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

City planners, economic developers and city planning commissions beware: Ignoring the little-known Religious Land Use & Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) can have expensive consequences for your municipality or development project

June 30, 2025

Land use decisions can’t favor secular over religious organizations; RLUIPA gives religious organizations of all faiths legal protection to pursue…

Dalton & Tomich attorneys named to the 2021 Michigan Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers Rising Star lists

August 19, 2021

Media Contacts: Barbara Fornasiero, EAFocus Communications; barbara@eafocus.com; 248.260.8466 Detroit—August 19, 2021—Detroit-based land use, business, and denominational trust law firm Dalton…

The Good Book on religious property disputes is now available: Religious Property Disputes and the Law: House of God, Laws of Man, published by the American Bar Association

August 10, 2021

Detroit—August 10, 2021—Daniel Dalton, co-founder of Detroit-headquartered law firm Dalton & Tomich PLC, and a national authority in religious property…

St. Pete Beach to church youth group: thou shall not use your parking lot to pray, evangelize and solicit donations from the public

August 21, 2020

City’s punitive measures hinder Pass-A-Grille Beach Community Church’s youth mission trips, violate principles of landmark federal law protecting religious land…

Dalton + Tomich attorney applies Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) to obtain dismissal in Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church v. The City of Lenexa lawsuit

January 9, 2020

Church allowed to operate a temporary homeless shelter as part of its rightful property use; resolution prompts update to city…