Association of American Medical Colleges v. Lorenz

Alleging exemption as an educational institution, the Association of American Medical Colleges brought suit in the superior court of Cook County to enjoin the appropriate county officials from collecting taxes on its property for 1957 and subsequent years. From a decree dismissing its complaint the plaintiff appeals. The appeal comes directly to this court, since the revenue is involved.

The Association is a not-for-profit corporation whose general purpose is to improve medical education in the' United States. Its members include medical schools throughout the country, each of which…