BEECHY v. CENTRAL MICHIGAN DIST. HEALTH DEPT.

No. 03-10312.

475 F.Supp.2d 671 (2007)

Amos BEECHY, Alvin Slabaugh, Daniel Mast, John Mast, Amos Weaver, and All Similarly Situated Amish Persons, Plaintiffs, v. CENTRAL MICHIGAN DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Central Michigan District Board of Appeals, Mary Kushion, Michelle Patton, Robert Patton, John Doe Individuals 1-10, Doe Governmental Entities 1-10, Doe Partnerships, Corporations, Fiduciaries, or Other Entities 1-10, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

February 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Van Den Heuvel, Rutherford Instutute, Grand Rapids, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher K. Cooke, Cummings, McClorey, Williamsburg, MI, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION IN LIMINE

LAWSON, District Judge.

The primary issue in this civil rights case is whether a public health ordinance that prescribes the capacity of a septic tank that must be installed on residential property impinges upon the religious freedom of the plaintiffs, who are practitioners of the Old Order Amish faith, and who allege that the minimum...

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