Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church, Petitioner v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Case overview

Case Number:

21-164

Court:

Supreme Court

Nature of Suit:

Firms

Government Agencies

  1. January 18, 2022

    Justices Won't Review Va. Church's Housing Tax Break Denial

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a Virginia church's claims that a lower court violated the First Amendment in denying a tax break for a church-owned property after determining its occupants weren't the church's ministers.

  2. September 08, 2021

    Va. City Asks Justices To Pass On Church's Tax Break Suit

    A Virginia city urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decline hearing a church's claims that a lower court violated the First Amendment in denying a tax break for a church-owned property after determining its occupants weren't the church's ministers.

  3. August 05, 2021

    Va. City Defied Church's Rights Over Tax Break, Justices Told

    A Virginia city violated a church's First Amendment rights by overruling the church's classification of its workers as ministers and denying them a property tax break for religious ministers, the church told the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday.