Neuman v. Grandview at Emerald Hills, Inc.
Florida District Court of Appeal
861 So. 2d 494 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)
After Neuman (plaintiff) and other residents reserved Grandview's (defendant's) auditorium for a religious service, other residents objected, and following a contentious meeting, 70 percent of residents voted to prohibit religious services in the space, which Grandview then enacted as a rule. Neuman sued for injunctive relief, alleging the rule violated a Florida statute barring condominiums from unreasonably restricting residents' right to peaceably assemble; the trial court ruled for Grandview, and Neuman appealed.
Whether a condominium rule prohibiting religious services in its auditorium violates a state statute barring condominiums from unreasonably restricting residents' right to peaceably assemble.