Legal Opinion
MURRAY, ETC. v. Comptroller of Treasury
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 1966No. [No. 189, September Term, 1965.]PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOppenheimer, J.
Maryland’s statutory exemption from state, county and city-taxation of structures used exclusively for public worship and any parsonage and grounds appurtenant thereto is attacked as. violative of the Declaration of Rights of the Maryland Constitution and of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The question is raised by a taxpayers’ suit filed by Mrs. Murray as trustee and Mrs. Mays, as taxpayers and citizens of Maryland, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other taxpayers similarly situated, in the Circuit Court No. 2 of Baltimore City. Mr. and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Nohrr v. Brevard County Educational Fac. Auth.Supreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Sanza v. Maryland State Board of CensorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Truitt v. Board of Public WorksCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1966
- State v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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