Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
1989 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Texas Monthly v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989),[1] was a case brought before the US Supreme Court in November 1988. The case (initiated by the publishers of Texas Monthly, a well-known general-interest magazine in Texas) was to test the legality of a Texas statute that exempted religious publications from paying state sales tax.
Quick Facts Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, Argued November 1, 1988 Decided February 21, 1989 ...
Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock | |
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Argued November 1, 1988 Decided February 21, 1989 | |
Full case name | Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, Comptroller of Public Accounts of State of Texas, et al. |
Citations | 489 U.S. 1 (more) 109 S. Ct. 890; 103 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 662 |
Holding | |
A state violates the Establishment Clause and the Free Press Clause by exempting religious publications from paying taxes that all nonreligious publications must pay. | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Brennan, joined by Marshall, Stevens |
Concurrence | White |
Concurrence | Blackmun, joined by O'Connor |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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The Court, in a 6–3 decision lacking a majority, overturned an appellate court's decision that the exemption was constitutional and remanded the case.