Legal Opinion
Howard University v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 18, 1946No. 9137PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
Petitioner asks us to review and reverse an order of the District of Columbia Board of Tax Appeals.
The controversy involves the validity of an assessment of taxes for the fiscal year 1945 against real estate owned by Howard University.
The University was created by Act of Congress approved March 2, 1867.1 The Act established “in the District of Columbia, a university for the education of youth in the liberal arts and sciences, under the name * * * of ‘The Howard University.’ ” The incorporators are declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, and with the right to…
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- University v. PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Chicago Home for Girls v. CarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- Young Men's Christian Ass'n v. County of DouglasNebraska Supreme Court · 1900
- Washington University v. BaumannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
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