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· 1/17/1990

Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California

Citations

  • 493 U.S. 378
  • 110 S. Ct. 688
  • 107 L. Ed. 2d 796
  • 1990 U.S. LEXIS 485
  • 58 U.S.L.W. 4135

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that California's six-percent sales tax on retail sales of personal property was not unconstitutional as applied to a religious organization's sale of religious books, tapes, records, and nonreligious materials
  • declining to find a substantial burden, but recognizing that one could exist under certain circumstances
  • declining to find a substantial burden, but recognizing that one could exist under certain circumstances
  • declining to find a substantial burden, but recognizing that one could exist under certain circumstances
  • declining to find a substantial burden, but recognizing that one could exist under certain circumstances
  • collection and payment of generally applicable sales and use tax on distribution of religious materials does not violate First Amendment

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Judges: O'Connor

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