Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Tennessee State Board of Equalization
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1991PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REID, Chief Justice.
This case presents a direct appeal, pursuant to § 16-4-108, Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.), by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County from the decree of the chancery court holding that the 1984 amendment to T.C.A. § 67-5-212(a)(l), relating to the exemption from taxation of church parsonages, does not violate Article II, Section 28 of the Tennessee Constitution, which authorizes the legislature to exempt real and personal property “used purely and exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific or educational purposes.” The language of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Nashville v. State Board of EqualizationTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- LaFever v. WareTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Mid-State Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- George Peabody College for Teachers v. State Board of EqualizationTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- State National Bank v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by10 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union v. DarnellTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
- State Ex Rel. Witcher v. BilbreyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Ragsdale v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- Christ Church Pentecostal v. Tennessee State Board of EqualizationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
- Estate of Bell v. Shelby County Health Care Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2010
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