Lawyers representing the Islamic Society of Tulsa in its federal lawsuit against the city of Broken Arrow and City Council said “unlawful animus’ was behind the Council’s denial of a rezoning request and permit for a mosque.
The city filed a motion last month in U.S. District Court asking a judge to dismiss IST’s lawsuit over the denial. The city’s lawyers argued the City Council members are protected by the same legislative immunity that applies to state or federal lawmakers, as well as “quasi-judicial immunity.”
Either power protects them from the lawsuit and that includes zoning and land-use decisions, the city’s lawyers said…