Louisiana Tax Breaks

The ACLU's successful challenge to a Louisiana state law granting tax exemptions exclusively to religious persons and organizations is still being considered by the Fifth Circuit, nine months after U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan ruled at the district level. The primary issue on appeal is whether the ACLU's challenge should be made in state court because state tax laws "are uniquely representative of state independence and state domestic policy."

Posted by AJR at December 18, 2002 08:17 AM