Legal Opinion
Greater Anchorage Area Borough v. Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1976No. 2445PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ. BURKE, Justice.
The central issue in this appeal is the tax-exempt status of a building owned by the Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence, 1 under the provisions of Art. IX, Sec. 4, of the Constitution of Alaska 2 and AS 29.53.020. 3
The Sisters of Charity, a long time health care provider in Alaska, erected the building in question, the Providence Po-fessional Building, adjacent to their hospital on land deeded to them in 1959 by the United States for “hospital site, school and recreational purposes only”. 4…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Cedars of Lebanon Hospital v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Animal Rescue League v. Assessors of BourneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Fredericka Home for the Aged v. County of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- St. Luke's Hospital Ass'n v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Genesee Hospital v. WagnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
- City of Nome v. Catholic Bishop of Northern AlaskaAlaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Carson v. RossIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
- Sisters of Providence in Washington, Inc. v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- State, Department of Revenue v. Alaska Pulp America, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Stanek v. Kenai Peninsula BoroughAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
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