Legal Opinion
Ahlburn v. Clark
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 7, 1999No. 97-558-M.PPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
The constitutionality of a state statute exempting bibles and other canonized religious scriptures from the state sales tax forms the nub of this petition for certiorari. The defendant, R. Gary Clark, Tax Administrator (tax administrator) of the State of Rhode Island, Division of Taxation (collectively, the state), asks us to reverse a District Court judgment finding G.L.1956 § 44-18-30(30) unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. After reviewing the statute and the applicable legal authorities, we…
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