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Victory in Rectory Parking Case Against Foxfield, CO
On August 10, 2006, the Colorado Court of Appeals handed the Archdiocese of Denver a major victory in its fight against parking regulations that targeted religious gatherings at the Rectory of Our Lady of Loreto Parish in Foxfield, Colorado. The Court of Appeals' decision reversed the court below, which had found that the Church's RLUIPA "substantial burden" claim failed because it did not satisfy any of the jurisdictional elements of Section 2(a)(2) of the Act. The decision also found that the parking regulation at issue was not "neutral and generally applicable," and remanded on the question of RLUIPA's constitutionality.