Leblanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit (1994)

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES...........................i

QUESTIONS PRESENTED............................1

INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE..................1

STATEMENT OF FACTS.............................2

ARGUMENT

1. CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY FREE
   EXERCISE PROTECTIONS REQUIRE
   MUNICIPALITIES TO SHOW GREATER
   DEFERENCE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
   OF HOUSES OF WORSHIP......................2

2. ANTI-ORTHODOX JEWISH DISCRIMINATION,
   WHETHER UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF DISPARATE
   IMPACT OR THROUGH DIRECT EVIDENCE OF
   ANIMUS, IS PRESENT IN THESE CASES........14

CONCLUSION....................................20