Haller v. COM., DEPT. OF REVENUE

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that exemption for “religious publications sold by religious groups and Bibles and religious articles” violated Establishment Clause
• noting that Texas amended statute at issue in Texas Monthly to grant sales tax exemption to broader range of groups
• “[A] majority of the Court in Texas Monthly clearly recognized that tax exemptions that include religious organizations must have an overarching secular purpose that equally benefits similarly situated nonreligious organizations.”
• striking down sales tax exemption for “religious publications”

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