“2nd Circuit: Rabbinical College Prevails In Part of Its Zoning Law Challenge” Religion Clause covers the decision here.
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“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law”
“CUPON slaps Chestnut Ridge with another legal action vs. house of worship law” The Rockland/Westchester (N.Y.) Journal News reports here.
“Chabad Gets Partial Win Under RLUIPA In Long-Running Suit”
“Chabad Gets Partial Win Under RLUIPA In Long-Running Suit” Religion Clause reports here on Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield County, Inc. v. Borough of Litchfield, Connecticut, (D. Conn., Nov. 1, 2017).
“2nd Circuit: Religious Court Lacks Standing To Challenge Stay of Its Proceedings”
“2nd Circuit: Religious Court Lacks Standing To Challenge Stay of Its Proceedings” Religion Clause reports here on Bais Din of Mechon L’Hoyroa v. Congregation Birchos Yosef, (2d Cir., Nov. 1, 2017).
“Municipality Prevails in Dispute Over Personal Chapel”
“Municipality Prevails in Dispute Over Personal Chapel” RLUIPA Defense reports here on Milosavlejevic v. City of Brier (W.D. Wash. 2017) .
1735 Authority to enter contracts
[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5686206/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/c30000/” height=”90″ width=”450″]How do you know whether a representative has the authority to enter into an agreement on behalf of an organization? In short, the governing documents and resolutions of the board of directors can authorize a representative. But many organizations are not careful with following these formalities. Josh discusses what can go wrong when they don’t, using the case discussed in this post as an example.
N.Y. Sup. Ct.: $1 million religious arbitration award vacated due to lack of authority of synagogue officer who signed arbitration agreement
N.Y. Sup. Ct.: $1 million religious arbitration award vacated due to lack of authority of synagogue officer who signed arbitration agreement. The person who signed an arbitration agreement between a New York synagogue and Kars4Kids held himself out as the synagogue’s president but lacked authority to sign. The trial court vacated the arbitration award on that basis. Religion Clause reports on Matter of Young Israel of Eltingville, Inc. v Oorah, Inc., (N.Y. Sup. Ct.., June 30, 2017) here.