The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Burtonsville landowners who claim Montgomery County illegally enforced a zoning requirement that prevented a Christian group from building a church on their land. Without comment, the justices let ...

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Montgomery County validly enforced a zoning requirement that landowners say blocked a Christian group from building a church on the land, the county argued to the Supreme Court.

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Montgomery County landowners are citing a federal law that prohibits government from imposing substantial burdens on religious exercise through land use restrictions.

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