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River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiff-church's suit against defendant-village under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act to allow it to relocate to the...

Classis of Cent. CA. v. Miraloma Comty. Church

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a case involving a local church's effort to disaffiliate from a national denomination, trial court's grant of permanent injunction is affirmed as,...

Pedreira v. Ky. Baptist Homes for Children

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action under the First Amendment and various employment statutes challenging defendant-Baptist Homes for Children's policy of firing and not...

Jacobs v. New York Foundling Hospital

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving the denial of overtime pay, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant is not obligated...

Iglesia Latina Evangelica, Inc. v. S. Pac. Latin Am. Dist. of the Assemblies of God

Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action involving the recovery of church property and other claims, trial court's judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) under neutral...

Winn v. Ariz. Christian Sch. Tuition Org.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an Establishment Clause challenge to a state income tax credit for organizations that award scholarships, on the ground that the credit encouraged...

State of Oregon v. Legal Servs. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Dismissal of a suit by the State of Oregon against a nonprofit corporation for an alleged violation of its rights under the Tenth Amendment is vacated...

Episcopal Church Cases

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a property dispute arising after a parish disaffiliated itself from the Episcopal Church after the national church ordained an openly gay man as a...

Sklar v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
A tax court decision affirming the IRS's disallowance of deductions plaintiffs claimed for tuition and fees paid to their children's Orthodox Jewish...

Mosier v. Callister, Nebeker & McCullough

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a suit brought by the trustee of the bankruptcy estate of a nonprofit organization against a law firm and two of its attorneys alleging...