Favorable Settlement Achieved In Complex Commercial Litigation
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Keane & Beane Wins Major RLUIPA Case The firm obtained a decision in federal court awarding injunctive relief and undetermined damages (likely to exceed $4 million) to a local church that has been prevented by the Town of Greenburgh from building a house of worship and religious school on 6.5 acres of church-owned property. The 206-page decision in Fortress Bible Church v. Feiner, et al., 2010 WL 3199876 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 12, 2010), came after a protracted legal battle that began in 2003. Following a 29-day bench trial, the court ordered the Town to permit construction of church and school facilities, awarded Fortress Bible Church compensatory damages and attorney's fees, and imposed $10,000 in sanctions against the Town.
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