The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a Catholic charitable group’s quest to qualify for Wisconsin’s religious exemption from the state’s unemployment tax system. 



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US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax


The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential implications for constitutional religious rights.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax. The justices will review a divided state Supreme Court ruling that refused to grant an exemption to the Catholic Charities Bureau, based in Superior, Wisconsin. The state court ruled that the work of Catholic Charities and four related organizations is primarily not r…

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Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax

The case the court agreed to hear involves groups affiliated with the Catholic church that serve people with developmental and mental health disabilities.

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The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax

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The Supreme Court announced Friday it would take up a legal battle over extending tax-exempt status to Wisconsin Catholic Charities.

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U.S. Supreme Court to review Wisconsin’s denial of tax-exempt status for Catholic Charities

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a Catholic charitable group’s quest to qualify for Wisconsin’s religious exemption from the state’s unemployment tax system.  Wisconsin exempts employers “operated primarily for religious purposes” but contests that Catholic Charities Bureau meets the criteria, noting the organization employs non-Catholics, does not attempt to imbue participants with the…

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by an arm of a Catholic diocese in Wisconsin for a religious exemption from the state's unemployment insurance tax in a case with potential implications for constitutional religious rights.

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US Supreme Court will hear clash over religious exemptions from Wisconsin tax

The Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, has sided with a slew of religious groups in legal disputes with states.

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Supreme Court to decide case that could change religious tax exemptions

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a significant 1st Amendment case that could reshape the balance between religious liberty and state taxation laws. At the center of the case is a dispute involving the Catholic Charities Bureau in Wisconsin, which argues that it should be exempt from state unemployment taxes under the 1st Amendment. The petition, one of the high court’s first religious liberties cases of the term, stems from Wisconsin’s re…

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