Legal Opinion
Rojas v. Fitch
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 7, 1996No. Civ. A. 94-0483BPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.
This action is a constitutional challenge to a federal statute and a Rhode Island statute which operate to exempt religious organizations from the payment of Rhode Island State unemployment taxes. Plaintiff claims that the statutes violate the Establishment Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution, as well as, Article I, § 3 of the Rhode Island Constitution. Defendants contend that the action should be dismissed from the federal forum pursuant to the Tax Injunction Act and the doctrine of abstention. Federal…
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