Legal Opinion
Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Lew
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided November 22, 2013No. 11-cv-626-bbcPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
Plaintiff Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. and its two co-presidents, plaintiffs Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker, brought this lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, contending that certain federal income tax exemptions received by “ministers of the gospel” under 26 U.S.C. § 107 violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment and the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment. Defendants Timothy Geithner and Douglas Schulman (now succeeded by Jacob Lew and Daniel Werfel) have filed a motion for…
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