Taxation & Estate Planning

Mirkay on Discrimination by Charities
Nicholas A Mirkay III (Widener University - School of Law) has posted Is it 'Charitable' to Discriminate?: The Necessary Transformation of Section 501(C)(3) into the Gold Standard for Charities (Wisconsin Law Review, Vol...

EU: Wont challenge Irelands religious organizations exemption from its equal opportunity laws, for now
The Religion Clause blog reports that the EU won’t challenge Ireland’s religious organizations exemption from its equal opportunity laws at least for now.  “Apparently the EUs decision not to proceed with enforcement is an attempt to assuage Irish feelings before a crucial referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon...

Alaska Court Upholds Tax Exemption For Church-Owned Teacher Housing
In 2006, the Alaska legislature passed HB 334 which, among other things, extended local property tax exemptions to "the residence of an educator in a private religious or parochial school...

New Articles and Books of Interest
From SSRN:Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Hate in the Classroom: Free Expression, Holocaust Denial, and Liberal Education, (American Journal of Education, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 215-241, February 2008)...

Colorado High Court: Catholic Eldercare Facility Not Entitled To Tax Exemption
In Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado v. City of Pueblo Department of Finance, (CO Sup. Ct., March 30, 2009), in a 4-3 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the sales and use tax exemption in the City of Pueblo's tax code does not apply to Villa Pueblo, an elderly care community operated by the non-profit group Catholic Health...

9th Circuit: Law school can discriminate against religious club that refuses to allow open voting membership
Both rulings allow public schools to "require religious organizations to include people in their groups who disagree with what the religious groups believe," said attorney Jeremy Tedesco of the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization that is involved in both cases on behalf of the student groups...

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.

Religious Discrimination
NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.