Legal Opinion
Sisters of the Good Shepherd v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 2000No. 97-TX-827PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellants, The Sisters of the Good Shepherd of the City of Washington, D.C. (Good Shepherd) and the Selma M. Levine School of Music (Levine School), both nonprofit organizations, appeal from a decision of the trial court denying a tax exemption for real property owned by Good Shepherd and leased to the Levine School. The principal issue presented for review is whether the subject real property qualifies for tax exemption under D.C.Code § 47-1002(10) (1997 Repl.), which exempts from taxation “[bjuildings belonging to and operated by schools ...” where the property is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Mulky v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- District of Columbia v. Catholic University of AmericaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- National Medical Ass'n v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Trustees of St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church South v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by3 opinions
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