A yearlong bureaucratic and political battle over a proposed Lincoln Road development has moved to court, pitting preservationists against a prominent developer with grand plans for the future.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Bronwyn C. Miller has scheduled arguments April 24 on a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the Miami Design Preservation League Inc., which is seeking to stop development of a century-old churchyard on the southwest corner of Lincoln Road and Drexel Avenue.