Simms Showers Obtains $3.25M Settlement From Anne Arundel County

Simms Showers obtained a $3.25 settlement against Anne Arundel County under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”). The County admitted that restrictive legislation it passed in 2005 and 2006 illegally targeted Riverdale Baptist Church, preventing the Church from building a school on a 57-acre plot of land in Lothian. As part of the negotiated settlement, the County will also expedite the permitting process for the Church, which hopes to break ground on its school next year.

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