Establishment Clause Action Regarding Religious Homeless Shelter
In Community House, Inc. v. Boise, No. 09-35780, an action against the City of Boise and the Boise City Council, alleging, among other things, that the anticipated lease of a building to a homeless shelter violated the First Amendment’s anti-Establishment Clause and the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), the court reversed the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity, holding that 1) the Mayor and the members of the City Council were entitled to absolute legislative immunity for their actions in promoting and approving the lease; and 2) certain other individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity because at the time the City approved the lease and sale, a reasonable official would not have known that such actions would violate the Establishment Clause or the FHA.
Related Resources
- Read the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Community House, Inc. v. Boise, No. 09-35780
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