Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Department of Revenue for State of Wisconsin
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 19, 1971No. 69-C-260PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TEHAN, Senior District Judge.
In this action the plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of § 70.11(4) and § 71.01(3) (a), Wis.Stats., 1 under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. More precisely, they contend that the State of Wisconsin’s grant of tax exemptions to organizations which discriminate in their membership on the basis of race, some of which organizations are admitted by the defendants to be included within the exemptions, constitutes state action fostering discrimination in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by24 opinions
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