Legal Opinion
Bob Jones University v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1980No. Nos. 79-1215, 79-1216 and 79-1293PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
Bob Jones University conducts “an institution of learning for the general education of youth in the essentials of culture and in the arts and sciences, giving special emphasis to the Christian religion and the ethics revealed in the Holy Scriptures....”1 Its *149religious teachings include a strict prohibition against interracial dating and marriage. The admissions and disciplinary policies used to enforce this belief have resulted in the loss of the University’s tax exempt status, which we are now asked to review.
Bob Jones University [taxpayer] brought this action to…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bob Jones University v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- New Jersey State Board of Higher Education v. Board of Directors of Shelton CollegeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Bob Jones University v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Bob Jones University v. United States of America, Bob Jones University v. United States of America, Bob Jones University v. W. Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of the Treasury and Jerome Kurtz, Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981